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SPEC
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Dictionary entry overview: What does spec mean?
• SPEC (noun)
The noun SPEC has 1 sense:
1. a detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work
Familiarity information: SPEC used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
spec; specification
Hypernyms ("spec" is a kind of...):
description; verbal description (a statement that represents something in words)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "spec"):
computer architecture (the art of assembling logical elements into a computing device; the specification of the relation between parts of a computer system)
network architecture (specification of design principles (including data formats and procedures) for creating a network configuration of data processors)
Context examples
She caught up her knitting, which had dropped out of her hands, gave me a sharp look through her specs, and said, in her short way, 'Finish the chapter, and don't be impertinent, miss'.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
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