Definition of real estate

real estate    

noun - uncountable

• any limited resource measured in units of area. For example, the area available for components on the surface of an integrated circuit, the amount of floorspace in an equipment room, and the amount of space on a computer desktop.

  The ads are taking up too much real estate on the home page.

  • See more words with the same meaning: computer slang.

  Last edited on Nov 11 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009.

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Other terms relating to 'computer slang':
FOAF	Definitions include: acronym for "friend of a friend".
PM	Definitions include: acronym for "private message".
hacker	Definitions include: while "hacker" originally had positive connotations, it has since come to refer to individuals who sometimes use computers with malicious intent.
benchy	Definitions include: "benchmark".
ID10T	Definitions include: idiot.
ic	Definitions include: "I see".
kluge	Definitions include: alternate spelling of kludge.
I for one welcome our new 'X' overlords	Definitions include: a comment that usually serves no other purpose above telling listeners (or more often: readers) that the speaker (writer) is in the technological "in group".
IDK	Definitions include: acronym for "I don't know".
PMJI	Definitions include: acronym for "pardon my jumping in".
A/S/L	Definitions include: acronym for "age, sex, location."
PEBCAK	Definitions include: acronym for "problem exists between chair and keyboard".
walled garden	Definitions include: a set of information services available to subscribers only.
IFLY	Definitions include: acronym for "I fucking love you" or "I freaking love you".
backronym	Definitions include: a word that has come to be an acronym (or is viewed by some as an acronym) when it was not originally an acronym.
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Other terms relating to 'real':
be real	Definitions include: to act as oneself - to not put on a facade.
Champagne to our real friends, real pain to our sham friends	Definitions include: champagne to our real friends, real pain to our sham friends
fo rizzal	Definitions include: "for real".
forizzle	Definitions include: "for real".
for real	Definitions include: "Are you telling me the truth?" or "I'm telling you the truth."
for reals	Definitions include: "for real", i.e. "seriously".
for real though	Definitions include: "for real though", i.e. "seriously though".
get real.	Definitions include: statement of disbelief.
IRL	Definitions include: acronym for "in real life".
ITRW	Definitions include: acronym for "in the real world".
keep it on the real	Definitions include: to tell the truth about something.
keep it real	Definitions include: to stay true to one's self; to resist the temptation to be fake.
on the real	Definitions include: truthful, honest.
on the reals	Definitions include: Alternate form of on the real.
real	Definitions include: acting true to one's self.
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