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coast

1. 
a. the line or zone where the land meets the sea or some other large expanse of water
b. (in combination): coastland
2. US
a. a slope down which a sledge may slide
b. the act or an instance of sliding down a slope
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COAST

(kohst) An optical interferometer at the Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory.
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coast

[kōst]
(engineering)
A memory feature on a radar which, when activated, causes the range and angle systems to continue to move in the same direction and at the same speed as that required to track an original target.
(geography)
The general region of indefinite width that extends from the sea inland to the first major change in terrain features.
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COAST

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CELP socket

(Card Edge Low Profile socket) A socket from Intel used for plugging in SIMM modules containing cache memory, known as "cache on a stick," or COAST. It replaced the tedious job of adding and removing individual DIP memory chips.
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