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A Dictionary of the Internet | 2001 | | Copyright

shim A small piece of data inserted into a program or a file in order to achieve a particular effect. See, for example, PIXEL SHIM: a PIXEL inserted into a WEB PAGE in order to achieve a formatting effect. It has its origins in engineering, especially in the engineering of aircraft and mechanical devices.

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shim

The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

shim / shim/ • n. a washer or thin strip of material used to align parts, make them fit, or reduce wear. • v. (shimmed, shim·ming) [tr.] wedge (something) or fill up (a space) with a shim.

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Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

shim •bedim, brim, crim, dim, glim, grim, Grimm, gym, him, hymn, Jim, Kim, limb, limn, nim, prim, quim, rim, scrim, shim, Sim, skim, slim, swim, Tim, trim, vim, whim •poem • goyim • cherubim • Hasidim •seraphim, teraphim •Elohim • Sikkim • Joachim • prelim •forelimb • Muslim • Blenheim •paynim • minim • pseudonym •homonym • anonym • synonym •eponym • acronym • antonym •metonym • Antrim • megrim •Leitrim • pilgrim • Purim • interim •passim • maxim • kibbutzim •Midrashim • literatim •seriatim, verbatim •victim •system • ecosystem • subsystem •item • Ashkenazim

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