Word
triage
US/ˈtɹaɪɪdʒ/
UK/tɹˈiːɑːʒ/
Definition
n. the process of deciding which patients or tasks are the most urgent and need help first. In computing, it is the system that checks if a request is valid before sending it to the server.
n. the process of sorting and prioritizing patients or tasks based on the severity of their condition or urgency. In a technical context, it refers to the initial validation of a request before it is processed by a server.
Examples
“The hospital staff performed triage to see who needed immediate help.”
“The server uses a triage system to filter out invalid requests and prevent the database from being overwhelmed by spam.”
“Effective triage in emergency medicine requires a rapid assessment of vital signs to ensure that the most critical cases receive immediate intervention, while less severe injuries are managed in a secondary area.”
Examples
simple
“The hospital staff performed triage to see who needed immediate help.”
contextual
“The server uses a triage system to filter out invalid requests and prevent the database from being overwhelmed by spam.”
complex
“Effective triage in emergency medicine requires a rapid assessment of vital signs to ensure that the most critical cases receive immediate intervention, while less severe injuries are managed in a secondary area.”
Real-World Examples
“Many of the patients I see will have been assessed by someone else first on the phone, and I am used to reading through a triage assessment before I call in the patient.” “After Dearden has finished, the police room becomes a pseudo-station for the afternoon, with all incidents triaged by the same crime officer.” Etymology
From French triage, from trier (“to sort”).
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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