TOE

toe

1. any one of the digits of the foot

2. the corresponding part in other vertebrates

3. the lower bearing of a vertical shaft assembly

4. the tip of a cam follower that engages the cam profile

TOE

See theory of everything.

toe

[tō]

(anatomy)

One of the digits on the foot of humans and other vertebrates.

(civil engineering)

The part of a base of a dam or retaining wall on the side opposite to the retained material.

(geology)

The leading edge of a thrust nappe.

(metallurgy)

The junction between the face of a weld and the base metal.

(mining engineering)

The burden of material between the bottom of the borehole and the free face.

The bottom of the borehole.

A spurn, or small pillar of coal.

The base of a bank in an open-pit mine.

toe

1. A projection from the foot or foot piece of any object or construction to give it broader bearing and greater stability.

2. That part of the base of a concrete retaining wall which projects in front of the face of the wall, away from the retained material.

3. That portion of sheeting below the excavation subgrade.

4. On a door, the lower portion of the lock stile.

5. Of a weld, the junction between the base metal and the face of a weld.

6. To drive a nail at an oblique angle.

TOE

(TCP/IP Offload Engine) A network adapter that performs some or all of the TCP/IP processing on an Ethernet adapter. As Ethernet becomes common at 1 Gbps and beyond, offloading the processing from the CPU to the card allows the CPU to keep up with the high-speed data transmission. Processing for the entire TCP/IP protocol stack may be performed on the TOE or just the data transmission part, leaving the session establishment and error handling to the CPU. See TCP/IP.