transfer

transfer

1. a design or drawing that is transferred from one surface to another, as by ironing a printed design onto cloth

2. Law the passing of title to property or other right from one person to another by act of the parties or by operation of law; conveyance

transfer

[′tranz·fər]

(computer science)

jump

(mining engineering)

A vertical or inclined connection between two or more levels, used as an ore pass.

(navigation)

The distance a vessel moves perpendicular to its initial direction in making a turn of 90° with a constant rudder angle.

The distance a vessel moves perpendicular to its initial direction for turns of less than 90°.

transfer

In pretensioning, the act of conveying the stress in the prestressing tendons from the jacks (or pretensioning bed) to the concrete member.

transfer

To send data over a computer channel or bus. "Transfer" generally applies to transmission within the computer system, and "transmit" refers to transmission outside the computer over a line or network.

Transfers are actually copies, since the data are in both locations at the end of the transfer. Input, output and move instructions activate data transfers in the computer.