overlay
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6.1
- noun
- /ˈoʊvərˌleɪ/
- Specialized
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- This software creates an interactive overlay that provides users with real-time information about the underlying network status.
Examples
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Cisco has snapped up vCider, a virtual overlay networking company it will roll into its efforts to develop software-defined virtual networking.
Blog text (20) -
The overlay in the virtual network allows for seamless communication between devices without modifying the physical infrastructure.
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I try to imagine this formula as an overlay to put on top of anything I want to understand on different levels.
Fiction book (1998) -
"The smart grid is an information and communications technology overlay to the existing power grid," Torchia said.
Academic text (2009) -
I've got an optical-overlay network that's got to be up in 17 days.
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That's an overlay network.
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But creating these overlays of sensors and communications atop existing electric grids is no easy task.
Academic text (2009) -
The triangular overlay superimposed on the same image represents the dentato-rubro-olivary pathway (i.e., the Guillain-Mollaret triangle).
Academic text (2009) -
By implementing a new data overlay, the company improved its network routing significantly, enhancing overall performance.
How Complex
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Overlay comes from the parts over 'above' and lay 'to put down', giving the picture of one layer sitting on top of another. So an overlay network is like a second layer that sits above the real network to add services without changing the physical parts.