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 15 of 59: from “dequantization” to “dismount”.
- dequantization noun A quantum algorithm once thought to have quantum advantage has been efficiently replicated using classical algorithms with suitable data…
- dereference verb To access the value or object located in a memory location addressed by a pointer or another value interpreted as such; to access a value…
- descending adj Causing a sequence to follow a descending order.
- description language noun A formal language used to specify, model, or describe the structure, behavior or attributes of systems, components, or interfaces.
- descriptor noun A name associated with certain data or documents in an information storage and retrieval system; an index term.
- deselect verb To remove from an existing selection.
- deserializer noun An algorithm that deserializes data.
- design by contract noun A software design approach that prescribes formal, precise and verifiable interface specifications (contracts) with preconditions…
- design pattern noun A formal, documented general reusable solution to a design problem in a particular field of expertise.
- design system noun A collection of reusable components and clear standards that can be assembled together to build any number of applications; a unified…
- designer noun A software tool for designing things.
- desk check noun A test of an algorithm by a human, who runs through its operations in sequence to verify the result.
- deskside noun A computer intended to be placed alongside a desk, etc. (contrasted with the smaller desktop models).
- desktop noun A desktop computer.
- desktop picture noun A picture displayed on a computer's desktop as a background behind windows and other user interface elements.
- desktop publisher noun A person involved in desktop publishing.
- destage verb To asynchronously write new or updated data from a cache or nonvolatile storage to a direct access storage device.
- destring verb To convert (a variable of string type) to some other, usually numeric data type.
- destroy verb To remove data.
- destruct verb To invoke the destructor of.
- destructive adj Lossy; causing irreversible change.
- destructive read noun A read operation that inherently erases the data that was read, requiring it to be immediately written back to the storage medium to…
- destructure verb to unpack data from one variable into their own variables.
- desugar verb To remove syntactic sugar from.
- desugared adj Having had the syntactic sugar removed
- determinism noun The property of having behavior determined only by initial state and input.
- deterministic adj For a given particular input, always producing the same output through the same sequence of states.
- deterministic Turing machine noun A Turing machine whose governing rules specify only one possible action for any given combination of the state of the machine and symbol…
- determinize verb To remove non-determinism in an automaton; to convert a non-deterministic automaton to a deterministic one.
- Deutsch limit noun The generally accepted limit, in working with visual programming languages, of 50 or less visual primitives on screen at any given time…
- developer noun A software developer; a person or company who creates or modifies computer software.
- developer experience noun A developer's feeling about their tools, processes, constrains etc, and how it impacts productivity.
- deviation ratio noun The ratio of maximum permitted frequency deviation, σₘₐₓ to the maximum permitted modulating frequency, fiₘₐₓ.
- device noun A peripheral device; an item of hardware.
- device driver noun Software, usually supplied with the operating system or by a hardware manufacturer, that communicates between the operating system of a…
- device file noun An interface to a device driver that appears in a file system, allowing an application program to interact with a device by using its…
- devicetree noun A data structure placed in memory by a computer system (such as firmware) that contains information about the available hardware on the…
- devicetree blob noun A binary representation used to encode the devicetree format, used for exchanging devicetree data between programs.
- devkit noun A set of development tools that allow the creation of software for a particular platform or framework.
- devlog noun A diary (or blog, vlog, etc.) that updates the audience on the development progress of something, usually a video game, website, or app.
- devnode noun A handle to a hardware device in a tree data structure representing the connections between devices on the system.
- devocalize verb To remove the vocals of a song with an AI program creating a false instrumental with imperfections (vocal shadows).
- DevOps noun A software development method that stresses communication and collaboration between software developers and other information technology…
- dGPU noun Initialism of discrete graphics processing unit, a graphics processing unit which has access to dedicated graphics memory.
- di noun Initialism of diffused illumination.
- diagnostic noun Any tool or technique used to find the root of a problem.
- diagonal morphism noun A morphism from an object to the product of that object with itself, which morphism is induced by a pair of identity morphisms of the said…
- diagram noun A functor from an index category to another category. The objects and morphisms of the index category need not have any internal substance…
- dial in adj Of a computer, set up to accept incoming modem calls.
- dial out verb To start an online meeting or conference call by calling or otherwise alerting the participants.
- dial up adj Requiring a telephone number to be dialed.
- dialect noun A variant of a non-standardized programming language.
- dialog noun Ellipsis of dialog box.
- dialogue noun Nonstandard form of dialog (“dialog box”).
- diceware noun A method for creating passwords and similar cryptographic variables using ordinary dice to generate random numbers which are then mapped to…
- dichotomic adj Choosing between two antithetical choices, between two distinct alternatives. Classification based upon two opposites.…
- dictionary noun An associative array, or a data structure where each value is referenced by a particular key, analogous to words and definitions in a…
- dictionary attack noun An attempt to illegally access a computer network, website, etc., that uses a list of words (from a dictionary) to try to guess decryption…
- diddle verb To manipulate a value at the level of individual bits (binary digits).
- diff verb To run a diff program on (files or items) so as to produce a description of the differences between them, as for a patch file.
- diff file noun A file produced by a diff program.
- differ noun A program that diffs, a diff.
- digest noun The result of applying a hash function to a message.
- digital computer noun A computing device that processes signals that change in discrete, quantized, steps; as opposed to an analog computer.
- digital dark age noun The lack of historical information in the digital age as a direct result of outdated file formats, software, or hardware that becomes…
- digital divide noun The gap between those with regular, effective access to digital technologies (and the computer literacy to use them) and those without it.
- digital rights management noun A set of access control technologies that restrict the use of proprietary hardware and digital files by an end user, so as to enforce…
- digitalize verb Synonym of digitize.
- digitization noun The conversion of data or information from analog to digital or binary.
- digitize verb To represent something (such as an image or sound) as a structured sequence of binary digits.
- digraph noun A two-character sequence used to enter a single conceptual character.
- dimension verb To specify the size of (an array or similar data structure); to allocate.
- dimensionality noun The number of dimensions something has.
- DIP switch noun A miniature switch designed to be attached to a circuit board to customize the behavior of the circuit.
- direct access noun Synonym of random access.
- direct limit noun a colimit
- direct product noun A high-level generalization of the preceding that applies to objects in an arbitrary category and produces a new object constructable by…
- directed acyclic word graph noun A data structure that represents a set of strings and allows for a query operation that tests whether a given string belongs to the set in…
- directive noun A construct in source code that indicates how it should be processed but is not necessarily part of the program to be run.
- directory noun A structured listing of the names and characteristics of the files on a storage device.
- directory service noun The software system that stores, organizes and provides access to information in a map between names and values.
- dirty adj Containing data needing to be written back to memory or disk.
- dirty code noun Software code that has had many editors with conflicting styles, making it nearly impossible to maintain.
- disable verb To deactivate, to make inoperational (especially of a function of an electronic or mechanical device).
- disambiguator noun A program that determines the meaning of a term from the context in which it is used
- disassemble verb To convert machine code to a human-readable, mnemonic form.
- disassembler noun A computer program that examines another computer program and attempts to generate assembly language source code that would, in theory…
- disassembly noun The code generated by a disassembler.
- discard noun A temporary variable used to receive a value of no importance and unable to be read later.
- discretization noun The act of discretizing, or dividing a continuous object or spectrum into a finite number of discrete elements
- discretize verb To convert (a continuous space) into an equivalent discrete space, often for the purposes of easier calculation.
- disjoint set noun A data structure used to store such sets and perform operations on them efficiently.
- disk noun Ellipsis of floppy disk.
- disk access time noun The total amount of time required for an operating system to process a read-write request involving disk storage.
- disk buffer noun A buffer onboard a secondary storage device (disk) used to temporarily hold data being read from or written to it.
- disk operating system noun A type of computer operating system that requires a disk drive for secondary storage to manage files and load programs.
- disk pack noun A rigid cylindrical device having a center spindle and one or more steel plates with a magnetic coating, used to store and retrieve…
- diskette noun A small, flexible, magnetic disk for storage and retrieval of data.
- disklabel noun A record on a hard disk or other storage device, holding information about the location of the partitions on the disk.
- dismount verb To make (a mounted drive) unavailable for use.