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 16 of 59: from “disown” to “drop target”.
- disown verb To detach (a job or process) so that it can continue to run even when the user who launched it ends his/her login session.
- dispatch noun The passing on of a message for further processing, especially through a dispatch table.
- dispatcher noun A piece of software responsible for assigning priorities and resources to tasks waiting to be scheduled.
- displacement mapping noun A method for adding detail to surfaces by subdivision and displacement of the resulting vertices from a heightmap.
- display noun An electronic screen that shows graphics or text.
- distance fog noun A gradient that progressively obscures objects as they get further from the camera, typically used to avoid the processing overhead of…
- distributable noun A software component that can be distributed.
- distributed adj Involving numerous separate computers or entities, rather than the traditional one.
- distributed ray tracing noun A form of ray tracing that averages a number of rays across an interval, allowing for the rendering of soft or blurry phenomena.
- distribution noun A set of bundled software components.
- distributional semantics noun A field of research focused on quantifying and categorizing the semantic similarities between linguistic items.
- distributional–relational database noun A type of database management system that enhances the semantics of structured data by using distributional word-vector representations.
- distro noun A set of software components, often open source, that have been packaged into a larger product or component for distribution to end-users.
- distro-hopping noun The process of frequently changing the operating system of one's computer to a different distribution of Linux.
- dit noun decimal digit
- dither verb To use dot patterns in an image or graphic to simulate colors or shades not in the system palette.
- dithered adj Produced by dithering; consisting of bits in different colors placed side by side to simulate an intermediate color that is not in the…
- div noun A function, implemented in many programming languages, that returns the result of a division of two integers.
- diverter noun One who uses diversionary tactics.
- divide and choose noun A procedure for envy-free fair cake-cutting in which one person divides a heterogeneous resource in two and the other person chooses one of…
- divide and conquer noun An algorithm design technique that solves a problem by splitting it recursively into smaller problems until all of the remaining problems…
- division noun Any of the four major parts of a COBOL program source code.
- divitis noun The practice of authoring web-page code with many div elements in place of meaningful semantic HTML elements.
- DjVu noun A file format intended to represent electronic documents, particularly scanned text.
- dl noun Download; Alternative form of DL.
- DM noun Initialism of dimensional modeling.
- do loop noun A section of computer code in which an instruction or group of instructions is executed repeatedly depending on the value of a Boolean…
- do-while loop noun a construction in which a series of commands are performed once initially, and then repeatedly for as long as a specified condition…
- dock verb To drag a user interface element (such as a toolbar) to a position on screen where it snaps into place.
- dock connector noun A connector used to attach a mobile electronic device simultaneously to multiple external resources.
- docketing software noun Software for use in scheduling legal matters, for example ex parte proceedings, litigation, and other legal matters.
- docking port noun The physical connection interface on a laptop or device where the docking station or other peripherals can be connected.
- docking station noun A piece of hardware that expands the connectivity of a laptop or mobile device by linking it to peripherals such as monitors, keyboards…
- docs noun documentation
- docstring noun A string literal specified in source code that is used, like a comment, to document a specific segment of code, but remains available at…
- doctype noun A directive that associates an SGML or XML document (such as a webpage) with a Document Type Definition, potentially affecting how it is…
- document noun A file that contains text.
- document retrieval noun The matching of a user query against a set of free-text records, including unstructured text, such as newspaper articles, real-estate…
- documentation noun Documents that explain the operation of a particular machine or software program.
- dog food noun Beta software that is tested on the developer’s own computer.
- dogcow noun A creature resembling a dog and a cow, used as a placeholder image in early Macintosh operating systems.
- dogfood verb To eat one's own dog food, to use products developed by oneself or by one’s own company as end users.
- dogpile noun A cache stampede.
- dollar auction noun A non-zero-sum sequential game designed to illustrate a paradox brought about by traditional rational-choice theory in which players are…
- dom noun Acronym of Document Object Model.
- domain noun Any DNS domain name, particularly one which has been delegated and has become representative of the delegated domain name and its…
- domain name server noun A computer that provides domain name information to a network; a computer that is part of the Domain Name System.
- domain-specific adj Dedicated, customized, or specialized for a particular problem domain, problem representation or solution technique.
- domain-specific language noun A programming or specification language that is dedicated to a particular problem domain, a particular problem representation or solution…
- domainwide adj Throughout a domain.
- dominate verb To precede another node of a directed graph in all paths from the start of the graph to the other node.
- dongle noun Any small device that plugs into an electronic device, typically a computer, and alters its functionality. Common examples include wireless…
- door noun A software mechanism by which a user can interact with a program running remotely on a bulletin board system. See BBS door.
- door hanger noun A visual notification that drops down from another element such as a toolbar icon.
- doorslam noun A pop-up or other obstruction preventing a user from viewing content, typically after reaching a scrolling threshold.
- DoS noun A denial-of-service attack.
- DOS extender noun An application which allows software to run in protected mode, even though the host operating system runs only in real mode.
- dot noun Clipping of dotfile
- dot matrix noun A two-dimensional array or pattern of dots used (for example, by a display device or a printer) to represent alphanumeric characters and…
- dot matrix printer noun A type of printer that prints characters using an array of small wires that produce an array of dots when striking the paper.
- dotfile noun A file or directory whose name begins with a dot (period or full stop), typically hidden from view and sometimes used to store…
- dotted adj That contains dots.
- double noun A double-precision floating-point number.
- double dabble noun An algorithm that converts binary numbers into binary-coded decimal notation by means of shift and add operations.
- double dispatch noun A mechanism that dispatches a function call to different concrete functions depending on the runtime types of two objects involved.
- double fault noun An exception thrown by the CPU while trying to call the handler of another exception (e.g. the exception handler is invalid or the call…
- double free noun The situation where a program attempts to free a previously allocated resource more than once, potentially resulting in undefined behaviour…
- double precision noun A number storage format that uses two adjacent locations in memory, allowing for greater precision in the values stored.
- double-click noun The action of pushing the button on a mouse twice in quick succession in order to perform a different task that would be performed from a…
- double-ended queue noun An abstract list-type data structure where elements can be added to or removed from the front (head) or the back (tail).
- doublet noun A word (or rather, a halfword) consisting of two bytes.
- doubleword noun An area of storage double the size of the word in a particular system; in a 16-bit architecture, this is equal to four bytes.
- dovetail verb To interweave (a number of algorithms or subprograms) so that they can be run more or less simultaneously.
- downcall noun A call from a higher-level subsystem, such as user code, to a lower-level subsystem, such as a kernel or framework.
- downcast verb To cast (“change the expression of”) (a data type) from supertype to subtype.
- downgrade verb To revert software back to an older version.
- downgrade dance noun A form of attack in which the malicious client negotiates with the server so as to establish a connection using an older, vulnerable…
- download verb To transfer data to a given computer from a remote one via a network.
- downloadable noun Something that can be downloaded.
- downloader noun A computer program that assists with the downloading of files.
- downpointer noun A pointer in a hierarchical data structure that points to the node that is down from the current node.
- downstream adj In the direction from the server to the client.
- downtrace noun The subtree of a tree structure that is determined by an attribute of a parent node.
- downtree adj Lower in a tree data structure.
- DP noun Initialism of dynamic programming.
- drag verb To operate a pointing device by moving it with a button held down; to move, copy, etc. (an item) in this way.
- drag and drop noun A feature of a graphical user interface whereby the user can move or copy an object by dragging its visual representation across the screen…
- draggable adj Capable of being dragged.
- dragmark noun A visual indicator, often a line or a highlighted area, that shows a user the exact position where a dragged and dropped element will be…
- dragon noun A background process similar to a daemon.
- drawer noun A side panel containing supplementary content.
- dreamware noun Speculative software or hardware products that may never reach fruition; vapourware.
- DRF noun Development Request Form.
- drill down verb To examine information at another level or in greater detail; especially in a database, to navigate to a more detailed level or record.
- drill up verb To replace data with data from one level higher or less specific.
- drillable adj Supporting a drilldown action in which one can discover more details about a topic or text.
- drive noun An apparatus for reading and writing data to or from a mass storage device such as a disk.
- driver noun A device driver; a program that acts as an interface between an application and hardware, written specifically for the device it controls.
- drop verb Of a programme, software, a music album or song, etc.: to enter public distribution.
- drop target noun The window or other object that receives the dragged item in a drag and drop operation.