hand-off
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]hand-off (countable and uncountable, plural hand-offs)
- (American football) A pass made in a backward direction.
- (aviation) 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.
- (business) The passing of a completed project to another person or group.
- (rugby) The act of pushing an opponent away with an open hand.
- (computing) The transfer of control to another subsystem.
- 2012, Walt Ritscher, HLSL and Pixel Shaders for XAML Developers, page 6:
- Vertex shaders are algorithms that transform the vertex information stored in the model before handoff to the rasterizer.
Translations
[edit]passing of a completed project