tunable
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Adjective edit
tunable (comparative more tunable, superlative most tunable)
- (now rare) Harmonious, melodic, tuneful. [from 16th c.]
- 1624, John Smith, Generall Historie, Kupperman, published 1988, pages 147–8:
- Then doe all with a tunable voice of shouting bid him welcome.
- 1723, Charles Walker, Memoirs of Sally Salisabury, section I:
- she rather chose to follow the Fortunes of a Wheel-Barrow, than those of a Distaff; daily, charming the Ears of the Publick with the Tuneable and Melodious Cry, of, Come who throws here? Who ventures for an ORANGE?
- Able to be tuned. [from 18th c.]
Noun edit
tunable (plural tunables)
- (computing) A setting that can be configured.
- 2013, Sander van Vugt, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Administration: Real World Skills for Red Hat Administrators[1]:
- If you are working with TCP, some specific tunables are also available. By default, some TCP tunables have a value that is too low.