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cleanroom en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Etymology

From clean + room.

Meanings

  1. A room or environment that is controlled in such a way as to minimize airborne particulate matter, typically for the purpose of fabricating sensitive electronic or other devices.
  2. (attributive) The method of copying a design by reverse engineering and then recreating it without infringing any copyrights.
  3. (attributive) Being or relating to a software development process intended to produce software with a certifiable level of reliability.

Forms

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Synonyms

white room

Translations (7)

fr salle blanche (room or environment controlled to minimize airborne particulate matter) · pl pomieszczenie czyste (room or environment controlled to minimize airborne particulate matter) · de Reinstraum (room or environment controlled to minimize airborne particulate matter) · bg чиста стая (room or environment controlled to minimize airborne particulate matter) · cmn 無塵室 /无尘室 (room or environment controlled to minimize airborne particulate matter) · fi puhdastila (room or environment controlled to minimize airborne particulate matter) · de Reinraum (room or environment controlled to minimize airborne particulate matter)

cleanroom en · VERB

Pronunciation

Etymology

From clean + room.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To copy (a design) by reverse engineering and then recreating it without infringing any copyrights.
    • Based on OSF's Motif, this technology was “clean roomed” and is not in violation of any Apple copyright or patent […] 1990, InfoWorld, volume 13, numbers 1-8, page 40:

Forms

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cleanroomed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
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