(computing) A logical operator that returns a value as soon as the outcome is certain, without necessarily testing all operands (for example, an OR operator returning true if the first operand evaluates as true, without evaluating the second operand).

(dated) A person who operates a radio transmitter on a ship or in an outpost, military unit, etc., in order to communicate over long distances.

(physics) Synonym of Hamiltonian

(differential geometry) A generalization of the Laplace operator; the anticommutator of the exterior derivative and the codifferential.

plural of safe navigation operator

(programming) A binary operator that returns its second argument, unless the first argument is null, in which case it returns null; used to simplify code that would otherwise need multiple explicit checks for nullity.

plural of Sobel operator

A discrete differentiation operator that computes an approximation of the gradient of the image intensity function, used in image processing and computer vision, particular for detecting edges.

(mathematical analysis) Any of a particular class of second-order linear differential operators.

plural of elliptic operator