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  • 1one-way — adj [usually before noun] 1.) a one way street is one in which vehicles are only allowed to travel in one direction ▪ the town s one way system 2.) especially AmE a one way ticket is for travelling from one place to another but not back again ≠… …

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  • 2one-way — UK US /ˌwʌnˈweɪ/ adjective [before noun] ► TRANSPORT travelling or allowing travel in only one direction: »a one way fare »a one way ticket ► COMMUNICATIONS only allowing communication in one direction: »Line management should not be a one way… …

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  • 3one-way — adjective (usually before noun) 1 moving or allowing movement in only one direction: one way traffic | a one way street 2 especially AmE a one way ticket is for travelling from one place to another but not back again; single 2 (4) BrE opposite… …

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  • 4One Way (band) — One Way was an R B/funk band that was popular in the late 1970s and throughout most of the 1980s. One Way was formed in 1979 in Detroit, Michigan and were originally known as Soul Partners. Al Hudson, Alicia Meyers, guitarists Dave Roberson and… …

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  • 5One-way compression function — In cryptography, a one way compression function is a function that transforms two fixed length inputs to an output of the same size as one of the inputs. The transformation is one way , meaning that it is difficult given a particular output to… …

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  • 6One-time pad — Excerpt from a one time pad In cryptography, the one time pad (OTP) is a type of encryption, which has been proven to be impossible to crack if used correctly. Each bit or character from the plaintext is encrypted by a modular addition with a bit …

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  • 7Process management (computing) — Operating systems …

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  • 8Process calculus — In computer science, the process calculi (or process algebras) are a diverse family of related approaches to formally modelling concurrent systems. Process calculi provide a tool for the high level description of interactions, communications, and …

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  • 9way — [[t]we͟ɪ[/t]] ♦ ways 1) N COUNT: oft N of ing, N to inf If you refer to a way of doing something, you are referring to how you can do it, for example the action you can take or the method you can use to achieve it. Freezing isn t a bad way of… …

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  • 10way — 1 /weI/ noun METHOD 1 (C) a method of doing something: These vegetables can be cooked in several different ways. | At that time, the Pill was the easiest way of ensuring effective contraception. | I ve altered the way I teach science. | I ll tell …

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