handoff
handoff is the alternative form of hand-off.
Meaning of hand-off
Noun
hand-off (countable and uncountable, plural hand-offs)
- A pass made in a backward direction.
- 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.
- The passing of a completed project to another person or group.
- The act of pushing an opponent away with an open hand.
- The transfer of control to another subsystem.
- Vertex shaders are algorithms that transform the vertex information stored in the model before handoff to the rasterizer.2012, Walt Ritscher, HLSL and Pixel Shaders for XAML Developers, page 6
Forms of handoff
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Questions about handoff
- What is handoff the alternative form of?
- Handoff is the alternative form of hand-off.
Words near handoff in the dictionary
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