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comet

comet

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A way for a server to send live updates by keeping a web connection open
  • noun
  • /ˈkɒmɪt/
  • Specialized
translation icon : Comet
  • Using a comet approach, developers can send live updates to users without requiring a page refresh.
  • comet system

Examples

  • A comet system allows real-time updates by keeping a connection open for data delivery.

  • In web development, a comet technique ensures the server and client are linked for instant notifications.

  • Can we construct a plausible scenario for the origin of life on a comet?

    Academic text (1996)

  • When the other metals are factored in, the comet actually contains almost $140 trillion worth of assets.

    Don't Look Up (2021)

  • In seven hours, the Comet system modeled the entire car by gathering 36 million data points with individual x-, y-, and z-axis locations.

    Academic text (1998)

  • Mike Burgess, president of Steinbichler USA in Detroit, makes a strong case for the prowess of his company's Comet scanner.

    Academic text (1998)

  • This predictive tour de force convincingly showed that not only planets, but also comets, obeyed Newton's universal laws of motion.

    Academic text (2003)

Surface Forms

comet singular
comets plural

Etymology

Comet in computing borrows its name from the space comet as a picture: a long open connection lets a server send updates that stream like a comet's 'tail', so the term helps you remember it is a way to push live updates to a web page.