Overlay

//ˌəʊ.vəˈleɪ//

"Overlay" in a Sentence (19 examples)

By 1969 the debate over virtual memory for commercial computers was over. An IBM research team led by David Sayre showed that their virtual memory overlay system consistently worked better than the best manually controlled systems.

Reels employs Instagram’s preexisting augmented reality effects, which let users overlay images and filters onto their videos.

Tor is an example of an overlay network.

Near-synonyms: cover, superimpose, superpose

She will now overlay the crust with fruit.

She will now overlay fruit on top of the crust.

For ſo exceeding ſhone his gliſtring ray, That Phœbus golden face it did attaint, As when a cloud his beames doth ouer-lay

By his preſcript a Sanctuary is fram'd Of Cedar, overlaid with Gold,

The hillside at this point is composed of shaly rock overlaid with a peaty loam which carries a growth of heather, and its unstable condition has resulted in two landslides in the course of the railway's history.

when any country is overlaid by the multitude which live upon it

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And this womans childe died in the night: because she ouerlaid it.

a heap of ashes that o'erlays your fire

Prostitutes, thieves, girls who ‘overlaid’ their babies, abortionists who stuck their knitting needles into something vital – did they really need to be here?

[…] he has 'overlaid' his book, and has not succeeded in 'getting round' by bets against the other horses.

The keyboard overlay can be a memory jogger and a great help with spelling. In this way the keyboard makes word processing more accessible to younger as well as special needs children.

This concept can be extended further by allowing a primary overlay to call a secondary overlay, and so on. However, we will limit ourselves here to the use of primary overlays. Before proceeding further, you need to understand the memory map of the computer, which is a diagram showing the use to which the memory of the computer is put.

The first, on January 1, 1883, was attributed to the overlay becoming surcharged with water, due to insufficient drainage, and causing a slip.

I really appreciate the clear explication of Dworkin's understanding of male sexuality. In this we see, without the overlay of polemic that infuses her non-fiction, how Dworkin can proceed from basic feminist principles to create an almost seamless, sophistic argument for sexism.

ECDP [East Coast Digital Programme] started with the Northern City Line, where trains are already being signalled over four miles with ETCS as an overlay on conventional signalling. This means that the colour light signals remain in place and are operational, but any Class 717 that runs onto the route with a driver trained in ETCS must run in that mode. Drivers yet to be trained work as usual. […] With ETCS installed as an overlay, drivers can use trackside or cab signalling according to their competence.

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