slipstream
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
[edit] Noun
slipstream (plural slipstreams)
- the low pressure zone immediately following a rapidly moving object, caused by turbulence
[edit] Verb
slipstream (third-person singular simple present slipstreams, present participle slipstreaming, simple past and past participle slipstreamed)
- To take advantage of the suction produced by a slipstream by travelling immediately behind the slipstream generator.
- Although dangerous, over the road truck drivers sometimes slipstream with each other to save fuel.
- (computing, transitive) To incorporate additional software (such as patches) into an existing installer.
- 2003, William Boswell, Inside Windows Server 2003
- You do this by slipstreaming the updates into the distribution folder.
- 2004, Ed Bott, Carl Siechert, Craig Stinson, Microsoft Windows XP inside out
- A better solution is to create a bootable Windows XP installation CD slipstreamed with the current service pack...
- 2005, Jesper M Johansson, Steve Riley, Protect your Windows network: from perimeter to data
- It is illegal to distribute slipstreamed CDs. In some locales, it may also be illegal to create them.
- 2003, William Boswell, Inside Windows Server 2003
