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computer says noA popular phrase for an attitude in customer service in which the default response is to check with information stored or generated electronically and then make decisions based on that, apparently without using common sense, and showing a level of unhelpfulness whereby more could be done to reach a mutually satisfactory outcome, but is not.Rate it:

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blind with scienceTo overwhelm someone with details in order to influence or mislead them.Rate it:

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cet homme est un puits de scienceHe is a man of deep learning.Rate it:

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dismal scienceNickname for economics or for the field of political economy.Rate it:

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expérience passe scienceExperience is the best master; Experientia docet.Rate it:

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rocket scienceThe science or study of rockets and their design.Rate it:

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rocket scienceAnything overly complex, detailed or confusing.Rate it:

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debris fieldAny area, non-dependent of locale, space, or contour, that contains the debris of wreckage, impact, sinking, or other material that once constituted a complete object. Debris fields can be found at the site of air crashes, water vessel sinking, explosions of buildings, collapses, and other events that render a whole entity into components, pieces, or other non-whole items.Rate it:

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field dayA great time or a great deal to do, at somebody else's expense.Rate it:

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home field advantageUsually in sports, the heightened performance enjoyed by the team playing on its own familiar field in front of its home crowd.Rate it:

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center fieldThe part of a baseball field which is beyond the infield and straight ahead left if you stand on home plate and face the pitcher.Rate it:

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center fieldA central role in some activity that requires speed.Rate it:

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Out in Left FieldUnusual, eccentric, off beatRate it:

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center fieldThe defensive position in the outfield in the middle, typically played by a player that can run fast.Rate it:

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field dayA day of class taken away from school for a field trip.Rate it:

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Field DayA day full of excitement, to have an opportunity to enjoy you a great dealRate it:

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field dayA great time or a great deal to do.Rate it:

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field dayA parade day.Rate it:

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field dayA school day for athletic events; a sports day.Rate it:

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field dayTop-to-bottom all-hands cleaning.Rate it:

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laundry on the fieldPenalty flags thrown during a football game.Rate it:

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left fieldThe part of a baseball field which is beyond the infield and to your left if you stand on home plate and face the pitcher.Rate it:

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left fieldThe defensive position in the outfield to the left.Rate it:

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play the fieldDate a number of eligible females.Rate it:

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Play the FieldTo have many lovers and dates without making a single genuine commitment with one particular personRate it:

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play the fieldTo date more than one person at the same time.Rate it:

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potter's fieldA public place where strangers, paupers, and criminals are buried.Rate it:

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take the fieldTo go out onto the playing field.Rate it:

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boot upTo start a computer using its bootstrap procedure.Rate it:

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charm offensiveA campaign of deliberately using charm and flattery in order to achieve some goal, especially in a political or diplomatic field.Rate it:

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cutting edgeThe forefront, or position of greatest advancement in some field.Rate it:

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Eyes in the Back of Your HeadTo be able to imagine and feel what is happening behind or outside of one's field of visionRate it:

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HALa homicidal computer, an artificial intelligence that acts similarly to the HAL 9000 featured in 2001: A Space Odyssey.Rate it:

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in silicoalluding to the mass use of silicon for semiconductor computer chips, is an expression used to mean "performed on computer or via computer simulation."Rate it:

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see starsTo experience apparent flashing lights in one's field of vision, especially after receiving a blow to the head.Rate it:

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mouse potatoA person who spends excessive amounts of time using a computer.Rate it:

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check outTo obtain computer source code from a repository.Rate it:

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chip shotA relatively easy field goal, made from a short distance.Rate it:

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come outTo walk onto the field at the beginning of an innings.Rate it:

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log outTo exit an account in a computer system so that it doesn't recognize you until you log in again.Rate it:

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zip upTo convert a computer file into a smaller package.Rate it:

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fall overOf a computer program, to crash.Rate it:

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out of house and homeGlobal Checkup: How Healthy is Earth?, Science NOW.Rate it:

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garbage in, garbage out(computing, information technology) If input data is not complete, accurate, and timely, then the resulting output is unreliable and of no useful value.1963, Raymond Crowley, "Robot Tax Collector Seeks Indications of 'Fudging'," Times Daily (Alabama, USA), 1 April (retrieved 26 July 2010):Officials explained that the quality of the computer's work depends on the quality of the data fed into it. Neil Hoke, administrative assistant to Stewart, quoted an adage of computer men: "Garbage in, garbage out."2008, Roger K. Lewis, "'In Architectural Design, Brains and Talent Trump the Best Software," Washington Post, 19 July (retrieved 26 July 2010):The old caveat "GIGO"Rate it:

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MINASWANInitialism of Matz is nice and so we are nice : a motto of the Ruby programming language community, in reference to the demeanor of Yukihiro Matsumoto, the Japanese computer scientist who designed the language.Rate it:

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aetatem in litteris ducere, agereto devote one's life to science, study.Rate it:

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ahead of one's timeShowing characteristics of changes yet to be; present in one's work before later advances in the field; coming earlier than could be generally accepted.Rate it:

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basket caseIn World War 1, a victim who had one or more severed limbs. They were brought off the field in a “basket”.Rate it:

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beat someone at their own gameto win against someone who is good, better or best at something (not necessarily a literal game) or in their fieldRate it:

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behind its timeShowing characteristics of the past; present in one's work after later advances in the field; coming later than could be generally accepted.Rate it:

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