remote : Idioms & Phrases


remote control

  • noun a device that can be used to control a machine or apparatus from a distance
    remote.
    • he lost the remote for his TV
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remote station

  • noun a terminal connected to a computer by a data link
    link-attached station; link-attached terminal; remote station.
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remote terminal

  • noun a terminal connected to a computer by a data link
    link-attached station; link-attached terminal; remote station.
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remote-access data processing

  • noun data processing in which some of the functions are performed in different places and connected by transmission facilities
    distributed data processing; teleprocessing.
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remote-control bomb

  • noun a bomb that can be detonated by remote control
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remote-controlled

  • adjective lacking a crew
    unmanned.
    • an unmanned satellite to Mars
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