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hit

(1) A successful match. See hits and hit rate. See also Mechanical Turk.

(2) (HIT) (Health Information Technology) An umbrella term for information processing and services in the healthcare field. See EHR and CPOE.

hit

Computing a single visit to a website

hit [hit]

(computer science)

The obtaining of a correct answer in a mechanical information-retrieval system.

(electricity)

A momentary electrical disturbance on a transmission line.

(ordnance)

A blow or impact on a target by a bullet, bomb, or other projectile.

An instance of striking something with a bomb or the like.

1.	(architecture)	hit - cache hit.
2.	(World-Wide Web)	hit - A request to a web server from a web browser or other client (e.g. a robot). The number of hits on a server may be important for determining advertising revenue. In the course of loading a single web page, a browser may hit a web server many times e.g. to retrieve the page itself and each image on the page. In contrast, caching by browsers and web proxies reduces the number of hits on the server because some requests are satisfied from the cache.
3.	(jargon)	hit - To press and release a key on the keyboard. Some prefer the less aggressive "tap".

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No references found	He hit the heights, hit the bottle, then hit the fans. RESULT!: Nigel no longer suits Burton by The Mirror (London, England) And then in Chicago this week, shit hit the fan again. Billy Corgan Is Very Crankypants by John S.W. MacDonald / The New York Observer Well, Lewis did buy into it, the shit hit the fan, and there is a danger - and this is the real tragedy - that some of it could end up sticking to Eyla, which is that precious thing, a small charity with the potential to make real and lasting positive social impact. We can't afford to lose people to politics by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk	Historical Sources Historical Terms historical zoogeography Historicism historiographer Historiography History History Institutes History of the USSR, Institute of the history painting History, Cyclical Theory of History, Institute of history, philosophy History, Philosophy of History, Philosophy, and Literature, Institutes of IFLI Histosol histotome Histrichosis Histriobdellidae Histrion histrionism hit hit probability hit rate hit ratio hit the fan hit wicket hit-and-miss window hit-and-run hit-on-the-fly system Hita Hitachi Hitachi 6309 Hitachi Furyumono Hitachi HD64180 Hitch hitch timbering Hitchcock Hitchcock chair Hitchcock County Hitchcock transportation problem Hitchcock, Alfred Hitchcock, Edward Hitchcock, Ethan Allen Hitchcock, Frank Harris Hitchcock, Gilbert Monell Hitchcock, H. Wiley Hitchcock, Henry-Russell Hitchcock, Lambert Hitchcock, Lambert H. Hitchcock, Sir Alfred	Hit the bid hit the books hit the books hit the books hit the books hit the books hit the books hit the booze hit the bottle hit the brakes hit the bricks hit the bricks hit the bricks hit the bricks hit the bricks hit the bricks hit the bricks hit the buffers hit the bull's-eye hit the ceiling hit the ceiling Hit the Cell hit the deck hit the deck hit the deck hit the deck hit the deck hit the deck hit the dirt hit the dirt hit the fan Hit the Floor Hit the Ground hit the ground running hit the ground running hit the ground running hit the ground running hit the ground running hit the ground running hit the ground running hit the hay hit the hay hit the headlines hit the high spots Hit the Highway hit the jackpot hit the jackpot hit the jackpot hit the jackpot hit the jackpot hit the jackpot hit the mark hit the nail on the head hit the nail on the head hit the nail on the head hit the nail on the head hit the nail on the head hit the nail on the head hit the panic button hit the panic button hit the panic button

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He hit the heights, hit the bottle, then hit the fans.

RESULT!: Nigel no longer suits Burton by The Mirror (London, England)

And then in Chicago this week, shit hit the fan again.

Billy Corgan Is Very Crankypants by John S.W. MacDonald / The New York Observer

Well, Lewis did buy into it, the shit hit the fan, and there is a danger - and this is the real tragedy - that some of it could end up sticking to Eyla, which is that precious thing, a small charity with the potential to make real and lasting positive social impact.

We can't afford to lose people to politics by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk

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historical zoogeography

History of the USSR, Institute of the

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