Attachment: Means that goods held by the person in debt, eg a car, are 'frozen'. Anything that has been frozen ('attached') can be sold. The money raised is then handed over to the person who is owed the money.

 

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Attachment: Means that goods held by the person in debt, eg a car, are 'frozen'. Anything that has been frozen ('attached') can be sold. The money raised is then handed over to the person who is owed the money.

Medium Attachment Unit (MAU): An Ethernet device used for sending and receiving transmissions between the AUI (Attachment Unit Interface) port of a station and the common medium of the Ethernet.

Attachments: These are files which you can send along with your email, for example, graphics files, word processing documents, spreadsheets, etc. Any file you want to send along with your email. Most fre . . . View Full Definition

Epithelial Attachment: The continuation of the succular epithelium that is joined to the tooth structure and is located at the base of the sulcus, or pocket.

AT Attachment Packet Interface (ATAPI): A specification that defines device-side characteristics for IDC peripherals like CD-ROM and tape drives.

Advanced Technology Attachment (ATA): This is a disk drive implementation developed by the Small Form Factor (SFF) Committee that integrates the controller on the disk drive itself. There are many versions of ATA, which include . . . View Full Definition

False Attachment: Part of one object seen behind another so that lines, shapes or tones seem to join up. A composition device used in various ways to produce images in which foreground and background objects . . . View Full Definition

Attachment Disc: The series of tiny lines that serve to anchor the draglines of spiders.

Close-Up Attachment: Accessory that enables a camera to focus on subjects nearer than the lens normally allows.

Incident Light Attachment: Accessory for a hand held exposure meter which allows it to give incident light readings. Many models come with this accessory permanently attached.