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rendezvous

rendezvous

7 7.7
A computer that helps devices find and connect to each other
  • noun
  • /ˈrɒndɪvuː/
  • Specialized
translation icon : servidor de descubrimiento
  • The probe drifted, awaiting rendezvous with the shuttle sent to retrieve it.

Examples

  • The software uses a rendezvous server to help devices find each other and connect efficiently.

  • NASA is developing technologies to improve the reliability of automated rendezvous and docking systems for in-space vehicles.

    Academic text (2006)

  • So, we must be headed for a rendezvous in orbit.

    Moonraker (1979)

  • AGENT: Alpha One, Teams Two and Three approaching rendezvous point.

    Angel Has Fallen (2019)

  • Apollo 11 has cleared the tower and is heading for... ...a rendezvous with the moon.

    Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999)

  • I'll call the rendezvous team and instruct them to hold their position.

    Fiction book (1992)

  • ETA to rendezvous point? - Two minutes, 37 seconds, sir.

    Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted (2012)

  • Jim watched the spacecraft as it neared the rendezvous point.

    Fiction book (2000)

  • We've been ordered to a surface rendezvous, 59 north, 4 west.

    Ice Station Zebra (1968)

  • EPOXI's Deep Impact spacecraft had a rendezvous with the comet in November 2010.

    Blog text (6)

Antonyms

isolation
172 3.7

A state of being alone and cut off from other people physically or emotionally

disconnection
9 4.2

Being separate from people, things, or contact, for example losing internet

Surface Forms

rendezvous singular
rendezvouses plural

Etymology

Rendezvous in computing keeps the same meeting image: it comes from Old French rendez-vous, 'present yourselves', so a rendezvous server is like a meeting point that helps devices find each other and connect.