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Fill dirt Fill dirt (also called cleanfill, or just fill) is earthy material which is used to ''fill in'' a depression or hole in the ground or create mounds or otherwise artificially change the grade or elevation of real property.Fill (archaeology) In archaeology a fill is the material that has accumulated or has been deposited into a cut feature such as ditch or pit of some kind of a later date than the feature itself. Fills are an important part of the archaeological record as their forma ...

, the material that has accumulated or has been deposited into a cut feature such as ditch or pit **

Fill (land) In earthmoving, cut and fill is the process of constructing a railway, road or canal whereby the amount of material from cuts roughly matches the amount of fill needed to make nearby embankments to minimize the amount of construction labor. ...

, dirt, rock or other material added to level or raise the elevation of a land feature *

Fill character In computer terminology, a fill character is a character transmitted solely for the purpose of consuming time. It does this by filling a timeslot on a data transmission line which would otherwise be forced to be idle (empty). In this way, fill cha ...

, a character transmitted solely for the purpose of consuming time *

Fill device A fill device or key loader is a module used to load cryptographic keys into electronic encryption machines. Fill devices are usually hand held and electronic ones are battery operated. Older mechanical encryption systems, such as rotor mach ...

, an electronic module that loads cryptographic keys into an electronic encryption machine * Fill (music), a short segment of instrumental music * In textiles, the filling yarn is the same as

weft Warp and weft are the two basic components used in weaving to turn thread or yarn into fabric. The lengthwise or longitudinal warp yarns are held stationary in tension on a frame or loom while the transverse weft (sometimes woof) is dra ...

, the yarn which is shuttled back and forth across the warp to create a woven fabric. * In finance, a fill is the fulfillment of a part or whole of an order at a given price by a broker or

counterparty A counterparty (sometimes contraparty) is a legal entity, unincorporated entity, or collection of entities to which an exposure of financial risk may exist. The word became widely used in the 1980s, particularly at the time of the Basel I deliberat ...

Fill flash Fill flash is a photographic technique used to brighten deep shadow areas, typically outdoors on sunny days, though the technique is useful any time the background is significantly brighter than the subject of the photograph, particularly in back ...

, a technique in photography where the flash is used in bright locations to prevent shadows from being underexposed * Fill light, background lighting used to reduce the contrast of a scene and provide some illumination for the areas of the image that would otherwise be in shadow *

Flood fill Flood fill, also called seed fill, is a flooding algorithm that determines and alters the area connected to a given node in a multi-dimensional array with some matching attribute. It is used in the "bucket" fill tool of paint programs to fill c ...

or Fill pattern, the color, pattern, or texture that fills an area in graphic design * Matter that is contained in a pillow, cushion, quilt, etc., or used to protect items in a package; it may have more specific names, e.g., fiberfill, foamfill, etc., some being tradenames or brands * Fill power, a measure of the loft or "fluffiness" of a down product that is loosely related to the insulating value of the down

People with the surname

* Martino Fill (born 1939), Italian alpine skier * Peter Fill (born 1982), Italian alpine ski racer * Shannon Fill (born 1971), American TV actress

People with the surname

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