(business jargon) An immovable deadline, at which time someone must leave somewhere, or something must conclude.

(US) Of an egg prepared as food, fried on both sides all the way through, with the yolk intact.

(computing) Of a storage medium: divided up by hard sectoring.

(computing) The use of a physical mark or hole to reference sector locations within a magnetic or optical recording medium.

plural of hard pass

(comics, science fiction) A solid, tangible hologram (projection of light), which can be used to construct structures such as walls or armor.

(politics) The use of military and economic means to influence the behavior or interests of other political bodies. / A state having this kind of power.

Swearing (as a witness) persistently to what is false; perjury.

Subject to strenuous effort or tough competition.

Beset by difficulties.