hand-off

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Etymology

Deverbal from hand off.

Noun

hand-off (countable and uncountable, plural hand-offs)

  1. (American football) A pass made in a backward direction.
  2. (aviation) The transfer of the radar identification of an aircraft from one controller to another when the aircraft enters the receiving controller's airspace and radio communications with the aircraft are transferred.
  3. (business) The passing of a completed project to another person or group.
  4. (rugby) The act of pushing an opponent away with an open hand.
  5. (computing) The transfer of control to another subsystem.
    • 2012, Walt Ritscher, HLSL and Pixel Shaders for XAML Developers, page 6:
      Vertex shaders are algorithms that transform the vertex information stored in the model before handoff to the rasterizer.

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