tolk — meaning in English
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English meaning
- interpreter noun A person who translates spoken or signed language for others in real time.
- shell noun The hard outer covering of certain animals, such as snails, crabs, and turtles, or of eggs and nuts.
Senses
tolk is used for these senses in English:
- interpreter (music, theater) A performer who presents a piece of art in a distinct style, particularly so as to make older works relevant to their audience.
- interpreter (computing) A program that converts commands into machine language in real time rather than compiling it in advance. [1954]
- shell (computing) An operating system software user interface, whose primary purpose is to launch other programs and control their interactions; the user's command interpreter. Shell is a way to separate the internal complexity of the implementation of the command from the user. The internals can change while the user experience/interface remains the same.
interpreter — full definition
- noun A person who translates spoken or signed language for others in real time.
- noun Computing: a program that reads and carries out the instructions of another program directly, without compiling it first.
shell — full definition
- noun The hard outer covering of certain animals, such as snails, crabs, and turtles, or of eggs and nuts.
- noun An explosive projectile fired from artillery.
- noun The outer frame or structure of something, especially when unfinished or empty inside.
- noun A computer program that provides a command-line interface for interacting with an operating system.
- verb To remove the outer covering from something, such as a nut or pea.