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🗿 Without a head 🤦 Without sense 💻 No display
headless

headless

1 6.8
Running without a screen and controlled from another computer
  • adjective
  • /ˈhɛd.ləs/
  • Specialized
translation icon : sin interfaz gráfica
  • Developers often prefer headless setups to streamline and automate tasks via command line interfaces.

Their AIB mining cards are basically headless GPU's for the most part, and headless with a video card means that it doesn't have any display out.

Examples

  • By the same token, though, you are not describing the orthodox way of installing a server OS on a headless server.

    Blog text (1)

  • So, unlike most people in this thread, my custom system is headless, and the install routine is completely unattended.

    Blog text (13)

  • Very helpful for systems that are run headless, and you need to access the BIOS.

    Blog text (32)

  • Does this mean we can have headless Ubuntu-based multiplayer servers?

    Blog text (33)

  • But because some of its products require the use of background processes and headless servers, forbidden by the Mac App Store's rules, it cannot sell exclusively through the store at this time.

    Blog text (12)

  • Their AIB mining cards are basically headless GPU's for the most part, and headless with a video card means that it doesn't have any display out.

    Gamers Nexus

  • A headless server can be managed remotely, which makes it ideal for cloud deployments.

  • Running applications in a headless mode allows for improved performance without the overhead of a graphical interface.

Synonyms

screenless
vsheadless
5.5

A device that has no display to show pictures or text

is about running without a graphical interface and controlled by commands or network

Antonyms

graphical
11 4.0

Images or drawings used to show information

How Graphical

graphical
11 4.0
desktop
  • Specialized
95 3.5
command line
  • Specialized
8 4.8
headless
  • Specialized
1 6.8

Surface Forms

headless positive

Morphology

headless = head (semi-transparent) = head + less

Formed from 'head' + '-less' to indicate absence of a local display or GUI; the composition is clear but the technical computing sense is specialized.

Etymology

Headless comes from head + -less, where -less means 'without', and in computing it describes a machine or program that runs 'without' a screen or local display and is controlled by commands or over a network.