| skip [skip] COMPUTER SCIENCE 1. In fixed-instruction-length digital computers, to bypass or ignore one or more instructions in an otherwise sequential process. 2. A device on a card punch that causes columns on a punch in fields where no punching is desired to move rapidly past the punching station. 3. Action of a computer printer that moves rapidly over a line so that a blank line appears in the printout. MECHANICAL ENGINEERING See <<skip hoist>> |