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drain

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One side of a field effect transistor. When the gate is pulsed, current flows from the source to the drain, or vice versa depending on the design. See collector.

(jargon)drain - (IBM) To allow a system to complete the processing of its current work before the system becomes unavailable. E.g. draining a device before taking it off-line or telling a web server in a server farm not to accept any new requests but to finish processing any requests it has already accepted.


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Twas ruled that he who quaffed no fancy's bowl Should drain the "Golden Valley"* cups of wine.
A Lute of Jade by Cranmer-Byng, L. View in context
" I should have snatched at every opportunity to drop a tear into my glass and then to drain it to all that is "sublime and beautiful.
Notes from the Underground by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor View in context
Well, sir, now you mention it, I think the drain does sometimes send back a smell; there may be something wrong, sir.
Black Beauty by Sewell, Anna View in context
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