Hand-off
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Hand-off is a noun meaning (American football) A pass made in a backward direction.
Meaning
(American football) A pass made in a backward direction.
More Meanings
- (business) The passing of a completed project to another person or group.
- (rugby) The act of pushing an opponent away with an open hand.
- (computing) The transfer of control to another subsystem.
- (aviation) The transfer of the radar identification of an aircraft from one controller to another when the aircraft enters the receiving controller's airspace and radio communications with the aircraft are transferred.
Example Sentences
Vertex shaders are algorithms that transform the vertex information stored in the model before handoff to the rasterizer.
Word Forms
- hand-offs
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include handoff, snap, lateral, layback, offload, backpass.
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