Tunneling

Tunneling

Tunneling may refer to:
* tunneling, on a violin or violia
* Digging of tunnels (the literal meaning)
* Mining, or tunneling during a siege
* Quantum tunnelling, a quantum-mechanical effect of transitioning through a classically-forbidden energy state
* Tunneling (fraud), a fraud committed by a company's own management or by major shareholders
* Tunneling protocol, transmitting one computer network protocol that is encapsulated inside another network protocol
* Urban exploration, the exploration of public utility tunnels by unauthorized people testing
* Australian Rules Football, a tactic used in the AFL, Used when a player is going for a mark and the opposition player elbows' the opposite players knee.


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  • tunneling —  Tunneling  Туннелирование (Туннельный эффект)   Эффект преодоления микрочастицей потенциального барьера в случае, когда полная энергия (после преодоления барьера) меньше высоты потенциального барьера. Туннельный эффект не может быть объяснен в… …   Толковый англо-русский словарь по нанотехнологии. - М.

  • Tunneling — Tunnel bzw. Tunneling bezeichnet den Gebrauch des Kommunikationsprotokolls eines Netzwerkdienstes als Transportmittel für Daten, die nicht zu diesem Dienst gehören. Die Tunnelsoftware wird sowohl auf dem Client als auch auf dem Server benötigt… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • tunneling — tun·nel·ing (tŭnʹə lĭng) n. In quantum mechanics, the passing of a particle through a seemingly impenetrable barrier without a cause that is explainable by classical physics. * * * or barrier penetration In physics, the passage of a particle… …   Universalium

  • Tunneling — La técnica de tunneling consiste en encapsular un protocolo de red sobre otro (protocolo de red encapsulador) creando un túnel dentro de una red de computadoras. El establecimiento de dicho túnel se implementa incluyendo una PDU determinada… …   Wikipedia Español

  • Tunneling — An illegal business practice in which a majority shareholder or high level company insider directs company assets or future business to themselves for personal gain. Actions such as excessive executive compensation, dilutive share measures, asset …   Investment dictionary

  • tunneling —    The encapsulation of one protocol within another, often used to transport a local area network protocol across a backbone that does not support that particular protocol.    Tunneling is also used to create pseudoconnections across… …   Dictionary of networking

  • Tunneling — Tunnel Tun nel, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tunneled}or {Tunnelled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Tunneling} or {Tunnelling}.] [1913 Webster] 1. To form into a tunnel, or funnel, or to form like a tunnel; as, to tunnel fibrous plants into nests. Derham. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • tunneling — tuneliavimas statusas T sritis fizika atitikmenys: angl. tunneling; tunnelling vok. Tunneln, n rus. туннелирование, n pranc. effet tunnel, m; passage tunnel, m …   Fizikos terminų žodynas

  • tunneling — noun or tunnelling ( s) Etymology: from gerund of tunnel (II) 1. : a tunnel or series of tunnels 2. : the act or process …   Useful english dictionary

  • Tunneling (fraud) — Tunneling is a colloquial term for a specific kind of financial fraud. A group of major shareholders or the management of a publicly traded company orders that company to sell off its assets to a second company at unreasonably low prices. The… …   Wikipedia

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