trigger
v. start, precipitate, initiate; activate; fire a weapon n. lever which is pulled on to fire a gun; agent, stimulus; signal in computers which causes the launching of a certain procedure (Computers) | ||||
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Triggers Definition from Computer & Internet Dictionaries & Glossaries
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trigger
<database> An action causing the automatic invocation of a procedure, for instance to preserve referential integrity. A triggers goes into effect when a user attempts to modify data with an insert, delete, or update command. A trigger can instruct the system to take any number of actions when a specified change is attempted. By preventing incorrect, unauthorized, or inconsistent changes to data, triggers help maintain the integrity of the database.
[Sybase SQL Server Release 10.0 Transact-SQL User's Guide].
(1995-02-22)
<database> An action causing the automatic invocation of a procedure, for instance to preserve referential integrity. A triggers goes into effect when a user attempts to modify data with an insert, delete, or update command. A trigger can instruct the system to take any number of actions when a specified change is attempted. By preventing incorrect, unauthorized, or inconsistent changes to data, triggers help maintain the integrity of the database.
[Sybase SQL Server Release 10.0 Transact-SQL User's Guide].
(1995-02-22)
Triggers Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
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trigger
Noun
1. lever that activates the firing mechanism of a gun
(synonym) gun trigger
(hypernym) lever
(hyponym) hair trigger
(part-holonym) gun
2. a device that activates or releases or causes something to happen
(hypernym) device
(hyponym) plutonium trigger, plutonium pit
3. an act that sets in motion some course of events
(synonym) induction, initiation
(hypernym) causing, causation
(hyponym) fomentation, instigation
(derivation) trip, actuate, activate, set off, spark off, spark, trigger off, touch off
Verb
1. put in motion or move to act; "trigger a reaction"; "actuate the circuits"
(synonym) trip, actuate, activate, set off, spark off, spark, trigger off, touch off
(hypernym) initiate, pioneer
(cause) happen, hap, go on, pass off, occur, pass, fall out, come about, take place
(derivation) induction, initiation
2. release or pull the trigger on; "Trigger a gun"
(entail) fire, discharge
(derivation) gun trigger
Noun
1. lever that activates the firing mechanism of a gun
(synonym) gun trigger
(hypernym) lever
(hyponym) hair trigger
(part-holonym) gun
2. a device that activates or releases or causes something to happen
(hypernym) device
(hyponym) plutonium trigger, plutonium pit
3. an act that sets in motion some course of events
(synonym) induction, initiation
(hypernym) causing, causation
(hyponym) fomentation, instigation
(derivation) trip, actuate, activate, set off, spark off, spark, trigger off, touch off
Verb
1. put in motion or move to act; "trigger a reaction"; "actuate the circuits"
(synonym) trip, actuate, activate, set off, spark off, spark, trigger off, touch off
(hypernym) initiate, pioneer
(cause) happen, hap, go on, pass off, occur, pass, fall out, come about, take place
(derivation) induction, initiation
2. release or pull the trigger on; "Trigger a gun"
(entail) fire, discharge
(derivation) gun trigger
Triggers Definition from Medicine Dictionaries & Glossaries
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TRIGGERS Mind Programming System (Triggers(TM); Triggers course; Triggers System(TM); TRIGGERS
The Technology Of Instant Motivation): "Personal development system" invented by certified psychiatric social worker, hypnotist, and transactional analyst Stanley Mann, author of the bestseller TRIGGERS: A New Approach To Self-Motivation. (Prentice-Hall, Inc.) Apparently, Triggers, or Triggering, is a purported means of harnessing "magic powers" hidden in one's personality, healing illness with a mere thought, and solving problems "in a snap."
The Technology Of Instant Motivation): "Personal development system" invented by certified psychiatric social worker, hypnotist, and transactional analyst Stanley Mann, author of the bestseller TRIGGERS: A New Approach To Self-Motivation. (Prentice-Hall, Inc.) Apparently, Triggers, or Triggering, is a purported means of harnessing "magic powers" hidden in one's personality, healing illness with a mere thought, and solving problems "in a snap."
Triggers Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Trigger
Trigger may refer to:
- Trigger (firearms), a mechanism that actuates the firing of firearms
- Trigger pad, a device used in electronic percussion
- Schmitt trigger, an electronic circuit
- USS Trigger (SS-237), a submarine
- USS Trigger (SS-564), a submarine
- Bruce Trigger, archeologist
- Trigger (horse), owned by cowboy star Roy Rogers
- Trigger (Only Fools and Horses), a fictional character from the BBC sit-com Only Fools and Horses
- Trigger, a fictional horse in Ernie (the Fastest Milkman in the West)
- A Casus Belli, an event triggering a war
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