Computing: vocabulary and definitions (5,883 words)

This page gathers the 5,883 dictionary entries belonging to the domain “Computing”, as labelled by Wiktionary. Each word leads to its full entry: definitions, etymology, pronunciation, examples. Page 1 of 59: from “-adic” to “affinity”.

-adic suffix Having a specified adicity.
-lang suffix Combining with the names of programming languages, especially those which may be confused with common English words.
-oid suffix Added typically to the name of an algebraic structure, to denote the horizontal categorification of that structure.
-vac suffix Used in the naming of computer systems and computer models, due to the use of vacuum tubes as the functional elements of computers of the…
-ware suffix Used to form mass nouns denoting specific classes of computer software, based on use, function, or method of distribution.
.ovl noun An overlay file. From the extension for an overlay file. A file used in memory limited systems to overwrite portions of program execution…
10-foot user interface noun A graphical user interface designed for televisions and thus requiring much larger visual elements than those used on computers and…
2-3 tree noun A tree data structure whose every node with children (internal node) has either two children and one data element, or three children and…
2-3-4 tree noun A tree data structure whose every node with children (internal node) has either two, three or four child nodes: a 2-node has one data…
2.5D adj Halfway between two-dimensional and three-dimensional; typically limited to a two-dimensional plane with only limited access to the third…
3-2-1 adj Following the mnemonic "3-2-1 rule" for data archiving and protection: three copies of a piece of data are created, using two different…
40% keyboard noun A compact computer keyboard that improves ergonomics by omitting the numeric keypad, function keys, etc. and relying on additional modifier…
404 adj Not found, especially of a web page on the Internet.
4ktro noun An intro that can be stored in four kilobytes of memory (intended to challenge the programmer, who must write compact and efficient code to…
5K noun A display device or item of content with approximately 5,000 pixels in the horizontal axis.
8-bit adj Of a word size or an integer, represented using units of 8 bits (1 byte).
8514/A noun 8514/Adapter, a video interface card and 4:3 display standard for computers, made obsolete in 1990 by the XGA video standard.
8N1 noun shorthand for "eight data bits, no parity, one stop bit", the most common configuration for serial lines, e.g. EIA-232.
A* noun A best-first graph search algorithm for finding a lowest-cost path to a goal.
A/B testing noun The use of a randomized experiment with two variants (termed A and B) which differ in a single particular.
A2S noun Amazon Associates Web Service
aa noun Initialism of antialiasing.
AA tree noun A form of balanced tree used for storing and retrieving ordered data efficiently, a variation of the red-black tree.
ABA problem noun In multithreaded computing, a case in which a program erroneously considers the equality of a variable at two times to mean it has never…
abandonware noun A software product that is no longer updated or maintained, or whose copyright is no longer defended or which is no longer marketed even by…
ABC noun A keyboard layout in which all keys are arranged in alphabetical order in English.
abductive adj Being or relating to a logical process of abduction or inference.
abend noun The abnormal termination of a program.
abliterate verb To uncensor a large language model by modifying specific model internals to remove refusal behaviours or unwanted traits, while aiming to…
abliteration noun The process of uncensoring a large language model by modifying internal functions to eliminate refusal behaviors while preserving the…
abort noun The function used to abort a process.
About box noun A window displaying information about an application, such as its version number and copyright or other licence.
absolute address noun A numerical value that identifies a fixed location in real storage in terms of the number of bytes from the beginning, or in a peripheral…
absolute loader noun A loader that places absolute code into main memory beginning with the initial address assigned by the assembler. No address manipulation…
absolute path noun A path or address that identifies a file or web page which includes all the information necessary to find the file or web page with no…
abstract verb To produce an abstraction, usually by refactoring existing code. Generally used with "out".
abstract data type noun A data type defined only by data properties and operations to be performed on the data without any specification as to how the data will be…
abstract factory pattern noun A creational design pattern that decouples the object creation by providing a group of individual factories by defining an abstract factory…
abstraction noun Hiding implementation details from the interface of a component, to decrease complexity through interdependency and improve modularity; a…
accelerator noun An accelerator key.
accept noun Something that is accepted.
acceptor noun A kind of finite-state machine whose binary output indicates whether or not a received input was accepted.
access verb To have access to (data).
access control noun Permitting or denying the use of a particular resource.
access control list noun A security scheme for file-level security (as opposed to traditional user, group levels, or the somewhat stricter role levels). Abbreviated…
access method noun A method or means, usually a software or hardware component of a mainframe, to access data on an external storage device.
access specifier noun A keyword applied to a variable, method, etc. that indicates which other parts of the program are permitted to access it.
access time noun The time interval between the issuing of a request to read data from or write data to a storage device and the completion of this action.
access token noun An object that describes the security context of a process or thread, such as the user's identity and privileges.
accessibility noun Features that increase software usability for users with certain impairments.
accession number noun A unique identifier given to a biological polymer sequence (DNA, protein) when it is submitted to a sequence database.
accordion noun A vertical list of items that can be individually expanded and collapsed to reveal their contents.
accounting machine noun A business machine, generally a combined calculator and printer, that tabulates, adds, subtracts, and totals.
accountless adj Not possessing an account.
accumulator noun A register or variable used for holding the intermediate results of a computation or data transfer.
ace noun Initialism of arbitrary code execution.
ack noun An acknowledgement either of a packet or a message received from a network.
acknowledgment noun A response (ACK) sent by a receiver to indicate successful receipt of a transmission (See Wikipedia article on transmission).
ACL noun Initialism of access control list.
acquire verb To sample signals and convert them into digital values.
acquisition noun The process of sampling signals that measure real world physical conditions and converting these signals into digital numeric values that…
activate verb To remove the limitations of demoware by providing a license; to unlock.
activation function noun A function that defines the output of a particular node in an artificial neural network on the basis of its inputs.
active adj Eligible to be processed by a compiler or interpreter.
actor noun The entity that performs a role (in use case analysis).
actuator noun The mechanism that moves the head assembly on a disk drive.
ad hoc adj Independent of previously instated network structure, like routers or access points.
ad hocery noun Arbitrary decision rules sometimes included in artificially intelligent software to simulate the unexpectedness in human reasoning.
ad-hoc polymorphism noun A kind of polymorphism where polymorphic functions can be applied to arguments of different types, as they can denote a number of distinct…
adaptive tile refresh noun A sidescrolling technique for video games, making unusual use of the EGA graphics hardware to minimize redrawing.
add noun An act or instance of adding.
add on noun A software extension or hardware peripheral that provides additional functions or customization for a core application or system.
additive group noun Any group object (such as a group functor, group scheme, etc.), whose binary operation is called addition.
address noun A number identifying a specific storage location in computer memory.
address bar noun A bar in a web browser that displays the address (uniform resource identifier) of the page or resource being displayed.
address book noun A computerized storage area for contact information such as e-mail addresses.
address of record noun The SIP or SIPS URI that points to a domain with a location service that can map the URI to another URI where the user might be available…
address space noun A range of discrete addresses, all the address locations available in a particular, named, subset of a computer's (virtual or real) memory.
addressability noun The capability of a microprocessor etc. to deal with values of a certain size using a single instruction.
addressing noun Any of several methods of locating and accessing information within storage
adespota noun Literary works not attributed to (or claimed by) an author. (Originally used as a title of collections of anonymous Greek poetry.)
adicity noun The number of arguments or operands a function or operation takes. For a relation, the number of domains in the corresponding Cartesian…
adjoint adj That is related to another functor by an adjunction.
adjoint functor noun One of a pair of functors such that the domain and codomain of one of them are identical to the codomain and domain of the other one…
adjunct noun One of a pair of morphisms which relate to each other through a pair of adjoint functors.
adjunction noun A relationship between a pair of categories that makes the pair, in a weak sense, equivalent.
adlet noun A small app or active document that can be embedded in a Web page.
admin verb To serve as an administrator for or of.
administrate verb the act or function of providing maintenance and general housekeeping for computer systems, networks, peripheral equipment, etc.
administrator noun One who is responsible for software installation, management, information and maintenance of a computer or network.
adobe noun Any file, document or program that is associated with Adobe Inc.
adoption noun The transfer from an old system to another (usually better) system.
adorner noun A visual element used to decorate or enhance another element to which it is attached.
adverb noun In the Raku programming language, a named parameter that modifies the behavior of a routine.
advice noun In aspect-oriented programming, the code whose execution is triggered when a join point is reached.
adware noun A software application that includes advertisements, which are displayed while the software is running. Developers use adware as a source…
aerial noun A highly-contrasting visual artifact in the form of a band or ring.
affine verb To set the CPU affinity of something
affine arithmetic noun A model for self-validated numerical analysis in which quantities are represented as affine combinations (called affine forms) of certain…
affinity noun A tendency to keep a task running on the same processor in a symmetric multiprocessing operating system to reduce the frequency of cache…

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