Away mode is a new feature included in Update Rollup 2 for Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 that allows the computer to appear off to the user while it continues to perform tasks that do not require user input, such as recording television and viewing Media Center Extender sessions.
parosteal. Definitions: 1. Relating to the tissues immediately adjacent to the periosteum of a bone. The definition information for parosteal is provided by Stedman's.
generally (law) with equal speed or progress; equably: often used to refer to the right of creditors to receive assets from the same source without one taking precedence. Word Origin and History for pari passu. Latin, literally with equal step, from ablative of par equal (see par) + passus pace (see pace (n.)).