Alternative spelling of ballpoint pen

(physics, quantum mechanics) The lowest possible energy of a given quantum mechanical system.

A component in a device, or a point in a network, that, if it were to fail would cause the entire device or network to fail; normally eliminated by adding redundancy.

(computing) Any simple operation, such as addition, multiplication or division, performed on floating point numbers using a single operation.

(advertising) The first spot in a print advertisement noticed by the reader.

A method of computing a numerical value for letter grades received in school by assigning each a numeric value and averaging the numbers; the overall average of all courses taken at a time.

(business, management) The point where total costs equal total revenue and the organization neither makes a profit nor suffers a loss.

plural of zero-point energy

plural of entry point for the eye

A graphical technique in which a three-dimensional object is represented in two dimensions, and in which parallel lines in two of its dimensions are shown to converge towards two vanishing points