Look up: latch

1. latch
   A digital logic circuit used to store one or more bits. A latch has a data input, a clock input and an output. When the clock input is active, data on the input is 'latched' or stored and transfered to the output either immediately or when the clock input goes inactive. The output will then retai...
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2. Latch
   [hardware] A latch (called sneck in Northern England) is a type of mechanical fastener that is used to join two (or more) objects or surfaces together while allowing for the regular or eventual separation of the objects or surfaces. Note that a latch is not the same as the locking mechanism ...
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3. latch
   [n] - spring-loaded doorlock that can only be opened from the outside with a key 2. [n] - catch for fastening a door or gate 3. [v] - fasten with a latch
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4. Latch
   See Bistable
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5. latch
   locking device in which the moving part turns on a pivot Category: Transport • locking device in which the moving part turns on a pivot Category: Mechanical engineering • a latching circuit,especially an externally-simple variety used as a one-bit temporary store Category:...
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6. Latch
   Latch (lăch) transitive verb [ Confer French lécher to lick (of German origin). Confer Lick .] To smear; to anoint. [ Obsolete] Shak.
   Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/L/17
   
   
7. Latch
   Latch noun [ Middle English lacche , from lacchen to seize, As. læccan .] 1. That which fastens or holds; a lace; a snare. [ Obsolete] Rom. of R. 2. A movable piece which holds anything in place by entering...
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8. Latch
   Latch transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Latched (lăcht); present participle & verbal noun Latching .] [ Middle English lacchen . See Latch .
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9. latch
   noun catch for fastening a door or gate; a bar that can be lowered or slid into a groove
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10. latch
    verb fasten with a latch; `latch the door`
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11. latch
    noun spring-loaded doorlock that can only be opened from the outside with a key
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12. Latch
    • (n.) To catch so as to hold. • (n.) To catch or fasten by means of a latch. • (n.) That which fastens or holds; a lace; a snare. • (v. t.) To smear; to anoint. • (n.) A latching. • (n.) A crossbow. • (n.) A movable piece which holds anything in place by entering ...
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13. LATCH
    Lower Anchors and Tethers for CHildren
    Found on http://www3.sympatico.ca/dhaughey/j1930.
    
    
14. Latch
    - A beveled metal tongue operated by a spring-loaded knob or lever. The tongue's bevel lets you close the door and engage the locking mechanism, if any, without using a key. Contrasts with dead bolt.
    Found on http://www.homebuildingmanual.com/Glossa
    
    
15. Latch
    In computing, a latch is a simple type of flip-flop, capable of temporarily storing a single bit of data.
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