"cleanroom" meaning in All languages combined

See cleanroom on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-cleanroom.wav Forms: cleanrooms [plural]
Etymology: From clean + room. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|clean|room}} clean + room Head templates: {{en-noun}} cleanroom (plural cleanrooms)
  1. A room or environment that is controlled in such a way as to minimize airborne particulate matter, typically for the purpose of fabricating sensitive electronic or other devices. Categories (topical): Rooms Synonyms: white room Translations (room or environment controlled to minimize airborne particulate matter): puhdastila (Finnish), salle blanche [feminine] (French), Reinraum [masculine] (German), Reinstraum [masculine] (German), pomieszczenie czyste [neuter] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-cleanroom-en-noun-7x9g-nCK Disambiguation of Rooms: 46 19 15 20 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Polish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 18 15 19 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 67 12 8 13 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 48 18 15 19 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 55 16 12 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 60 14 11 14 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 57 16 10 16 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 61 15 10 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 56 16 11 16 Disambiguation of 'room or environment controlled to minimize airborne particulate matter': 90 6 5
  2. (attributive, chiefly computing) The method of copying a design by reverse engineering and then recreating it without infringing any copyrights. Tags: attributive Categories (topical): Computing
    Sense id: en-cleanroom-en-noun-FaC069F2 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
  3. (software engineering, attributive) Being or relating to a software development process intended to produce software with a certifiable level of reliability. Tags: attributive Categories (topical): Software engineering
    Sense id: en-cleanroom-en-noun-~ySzrlWd Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences, software
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: clean room, clean-room

Verb [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-cleanroom.wav Forms: cleanrooms [present, singular, third-person], cleanrooming [participle, present], cleanroomed [participle, past], cleanroomed [past]
Etymology: From clean + room. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|clean|room}} clean + room Head templates: {{en-verb}} cleanroom (third-person singular simple present cleanrooms, present participle cleanrooming, simple past and past participle cleanroomed)
  1. (transitive, chiefly computing) To copy (a design) by reverse engineering and then recreating it without infringing any copyrights. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Computing
    Sense id: en-cleanroom-en-verb-hxU18wHR Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: clean room, clean-room

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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