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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

trig·ger / ˈtrigər/ • n. a small device that releases a spring or catch and so sets off a mechanism, esp. in order to fire a gun: he pulled the trigger of the shotgun. ∎ an event or thing that causes something to happen: the trigger for the strike was the closure of a mine. • v. [tr.] (often be triggered) cause (an event or situation) to happen or exist: an allergy can be triggered by stress or overwork. ∎ cause (a device) to function. PHRASES: quick on the trigger quick to respond.DERIVATIVES: trig·gered adj. ORIGIN: early 17th cent.: from dialect tricker, from Dutch trekker, from trekken ‘to pull.’

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trigger

A Dictionary of the Internet | 2001 | | Copyright

trigger An action taken by a DATABASE SERVER when data stored on the SERVER is changed. For example, when a new customer is entered into a bank database, a trigger is activated which sends information about the customer and the client which carried out the process of creating the customer, to an AUDIT FILE. A trigger which carries out data validation, for example checking that a user has typed in a correct account number for a banking application, is known as a RULE.

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trigger

A Dictionary of Computing | 2004 | | Copyright

trigger To initiate the operation of an electric circuit or device. Thus a signal supplied to the trigger input of a circuit may cause the circuit's output signal to be synchronized to this input.

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trigger

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

trigger movable catch or lever. XVII (tricker). — Du. trekker, f. trekken pull; see -ER1.

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trigger

Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

trigger •blagger, bragger, dagger, flagger, Jagger, lagger, nagger, quagga, saggar, shagger, stagger, swagger •alga, realgar, Trafalgar •anger, clangour (US clangor), Katanga, languor, manga, panga, sangar, tanga, Tauranga, Zamboanga •sandbagger • carpetbagger • Erlanger •Aga, Braga, dagga, dargah, laager, lager, naga, Onondaga, raga, saga •beggar, eggar, Gregor, mega, Megger •Edgar • Helga • Heidegger •bootlegger •Jaeger, maigre, Meleager, Noriega, Ortega, rutabaga, Sagar •Antigua, beleaguer, bodega, eager, intriguer, leaguer, meagre (US meager), reneger, Riga, Seeger, Vega •chigger, configure, digger, figure, Frigga, jigger, ligger, rigger, rigor, rigour, snigger, swigger, transfigure, trigger, vigour (US vigor) •churinga, finger, linger, malinger •gravedigger • ladyfinger • forefinger •omega • vinegar • Honegger •outrigger • Minnesinger •Auriga, Eiger, liger, saiga, taiga, tiger

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