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 25 of 59: from “hypercall” to “inherit”.
- hypercall noun A syscall made by a guest operating system to the underlying hypervisor, rather than executing instructions that the hypervisor simulates.
- hypercomputation noun Any of several forms of computation that are theoretically (or practically) impossible with current technology.
- hyperconnectivity noun The state of a network in which the number of nodes is far in excess of the number of users.
- hypercube noun A data cube with more than three dimensions.
- hyperfair adj Excessively fair, more than fair: typically describing an offer involving more than fifty percent of the stake.
- hypergame noun A game that is played by a player based on their own knowledge of game states and their perception of other players' knowledge of game…
- hyperinnovation noun A state of multidimensional interconnections (as in hyperlink or hypertext).
- hyperloop noun A control structure in which a loop repeats until either a stopping condition is met or all possible values of the looping index have been…
- hypermedia noun The use of text, data, graphics, audio and video as elements of an extended hypertext system in which all elements are linked so that the…
- hyperoperator noun An operator that acts on every member of a set.
- hypersequential adj Of or relating to a means of serializing a concurrent program so that it can be debugged as though it were sequential, before converting it…
- hyperstructure noun A set of documents interlinked by hyperlinks, along with the links between documents.
- hypertexture noun A realistic simulated surface texture produced by adding small distortions across the surface of an object.
- hyperthreading noun A form of microprocessor parallelization where each physical processor is treated as two virtual processors.
- hypervisor noun A firmware or software system that provides a virtual machine and allows it to operate directly on underlying hardware (instead of via…
- hypothesizer noun Any of several systems that attempt to make educated guesses from incomplete information.
- I-beam noun A cursor shaped like the letter I, usually indicating text that can be edited or selected.
- I/O bound adj Of total system throughput, being limited by the input/output rate, rather than by processing speed of the CPU.
- IA-64 noun An EPIC 64-bit instruction set architecture designed to allow relatively simple, cheap CPUs to execute many 64-bit instructions…
- IAD noun intelligent assist device
- IBM PC noun The original IBM Personal Computer.
- icon noun A small picture that represents something.
- iconize verb To minimize (a window) on a computer screen, replacing it with a representative icon.
- iconless adj Without graphical icons.
- id noun Identifier.
- id. adv Abbreviation of idem; used in citations to state that the citation is found in the same work as the one previously cited.
- idempotence noun A quality of an action such that repetitions of the action have no further effect on the outcome; the state of being idempotent.
- idempotent adj (said of a function) Such that, when performed multiple times on the same subject, it has no further effect on its subject after the first…
- identicon noun A graphical symbol, usually automatically generated, representing some entity for easy visual identification.
- identification division noun The (sometimes optional) part of a COBOL program that identifies the name of the program (and optionally of its programmer)
- identifier noun A formal name used in source code to refer to a variable, function, procedure, package, etc. or in an operating system to refer to a…
- identity noun Any function which maps all elements of its domain to themselves.
- identity broker noun An intermediary proxy service connecting multiple service providers with multiple identity providers.
- identity functor noun A functor from a category to itself which maps each object of that category to itself and each morphism of that category to itself.
- identity morphism noun A unique morphism corresponding to each object of a category, which has its domain equal to its codomain, and which composed with any…
- identity provider noun A system entity that creates, maintains, and manages identity information for principals and also provides authentication services to…
- idiom noun A programming construct or phraseology that is characteristic of the language.
- idiomatic adj Following the conventions of the language, or doing things in the common way for the language, rather than code that is ported from another…
- idiomorph noun A pattern word.
- idiot tape noun A basic form of computer tape that holds unjustified text, and is later processed automatically by a machine that determines where line…
- if conj A keyword that invokes conditional processing: in the event that a given condition is true, execute the given statement(s) (otherwise…
- if-then noun A conditional statement; a line of code that specifies a Boolean condition to check and a statement to execute when that Boolean evaluates…
- ifdef noun A construct in source code that allows another part of the code to run only if a specified identifier is defined in the program.
- IL noun Intermediate language
- ill-formed adj Not well-formed.
- image verb To create a complete backup copy of a file system or other entity.
- image copy noun A backup copy of a database in a format that may be used, along with incremental logs, to recreate the database after a hardware failure
- imager noun A system that creates a digital copy such as a disk image.
- imbrication noun The use of relative positioning, often by varying amounts of indentation, to define hierarchical relationships between elements of code.
- immediate adj Embedded as part of the instruction itself, rather than stored elsewhere (such as a register or memory location).
- immediate mode noun A mode in which the application is directly responsible for rendering graphics to the display, contrasting with retained mode.
- immediate real-time adj Of a system, processing and transmitting data instantly but with negligible, subsecond latency (usually in milliseconds).
- immutability noun The state of being unchangeable in the memory after creation.
- immutable adj Not able to be altered in the memory after its value is set initially.
- impact printer noun A printer in which each character is produced by part of the mechanism striking the paper (normally through an inked ribbon)
- imperative adj Having semantics that incorporates mutable variables.
- imperative language noun Any programming language that consists (mostly) of a series of commands, typically assigning values to objects; a procedural language.
- impersonate verb To operate with the permissions of a different user account.
- implement verb To realize a technical specification, e.g. of an algorithm, interface, or protocol.
- implode verb The opposite of explode, array to string conversion.
- import verb To load a file into a software application from another version or system.
- impostor noun A sprite or animation integrated into a three-dimensional scene to look like part of the 3D world.
- impure adj Having side effects.
- imputation noun A distribution that is efficient and individually rational.
- in line adj Of a different language than the outer enclosing code.
- in-line expansion noun The replacement by a compiler of a function call with a copy of the entire function body, sometimes used as an optimization.
- in-plane switching noun A type of liquid crystal display (LCD) layered parallel between two glass pieces that is activated by an electric current to produce an…
- in-tree noun An n-ary tree data structure in which each node has a pointer to its parent node, but no pointers to child nodes.
- inbox noun An electronic folder serving the same purpose, but for electronic files, especially email.
- incantation noun Any esoteric command or procedure.
- include noun A piece of source code or other content that is dynamically retrieved for inclusion in another item.
- include guard noun In C and C++, a preprocessor directive used in header files to prevent them from being included multiple times.
- inclusive or noun A logical connective joining two or more predicates that yields the logical value "true" when at least one of the predicates is true.
- incrementalize verb To make (an operation) incremental, using results from previous iterations instead of performing a complete recalculation every time.
- indeterminism noun A situation in which there are multiple valid options for next step in a process.
- index verb To access a value in a data container by an index.
- index register noun A processor register (or an assigned memory location) used to point to operand addresses during the run of a program, useful for stepping…
- index term noun A term associated with particular documents in an index used for document retrieval; typically, a term that captures the essential meaning…
- indexer noun A special property of a class allowing objects of the class to be accessed by index as though they were arrays or hash tables.
- indexing language noun A controlled set of terms selected from natural language and used to represent, in summary form, the subjects of documents within a given…
- indirect verb To access by means of indirection; to dereference.
- indirection noun Use of a variable or object through its address.
- induction coil noun A pattern, often unstable itself on its own, that stabilizes an unstable pattern's edge(s) without directly touching it by preventing cells…
- industry noun Automated production of material goods.
- infinite scroll noun A web design technique that loads more content as the user scrolls towards the end of the loaded content. This prevents the browser scroll…
- infix operator noun an operator that is placed in between the operands like it is commonly used in arithmetical and logical formulae and statements.
- inflate verb To decompress (data) that was previously deflated.
- info-dump noun A large volume of data supplied at the same time.
- informatics noun A branch of information science and of computer science that focuses on the study of information processing, particularly with respect to…
- information noun The meaning that a human assigns to data by means of the known conventions used in its representation.
- information and communications technology noun The processing of data using computers, and the movement of data between computers.
- information entropy noun A measure of the uncertainty associated with a random variable; a measure of the average information content one is missing when one does…
- information hiding noun The technique to hide information so that it is invisible from the outside of an object. (It is a principle of segregation of design…
- information integrity noun The accuracy, consistency and reliability of the information content, processes and systems, especially with regard to database corruption.
- information literacy noun The overall understanding of how information is produced and valued, and used to create new knowledge.
- information radiator noun In agile software development, a physical notice board presenting an up-to-date summary of the product development status.
- information retrieval noun The science of searching for information in documents, searching for documents themselves, searching for metadata which describe documents…
- information technology noun The practice of creating and/or studying computer systems and applications.
- ingestion noun Intake of data into a computer system.
- inherit verb To derive (existing functionality) from a superclass.