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 26 of 59: from “inheritance” to “isomorphism”.
- inheritance noun The mechanism whereby parts of a superclass are available to instances of its subclass.
- inheritor noun A class, etc. that derives from another code element through inheritance.
- initiable adj Able to be set to an initial value or state; initializable
- initial object noun An object within a category which sends out arrows to all other objects in that category, and such that each of these arrows is unique.
- initialization noun An assignment of an initial value for a data object or variable
- initialize verb To assign an initial value to a variable.
- initializer noun A routine that prepares something for use.
- initiator noun A task (in a mainframe computer) that initiates multiple jobs.
- inject verb To introduce (code) into an existing program or its memory space, often without tight integration and sometimes through a security…
- injection noun A morphism from either one of the two components of a coproduct to that coproduct.
- injective adj Loosely, having a property analogous to that which characterizes injective modules (see above). Formally, such that, given a monomorphism…
- inkjet printer noun A device for the printing of documents which that operates by propelling tiny droplets of liquid ink onto paper.
- inline verb To optimize using in-line expansion.
- inner-platform effect noun An antipattern in which a system is made so customizable as to become a (poor) replica of the development platform used to create it.
- InnerSource noun The use of open source software development best practices and the establishment of an open source-like culture within organizations, for…
- inode noun A data structure representing an object such as a file or a directory in a Unix (or similar) file system.
- inorder adj Of a tree traversal, recursively visiting the root in between the left and right subtrees.
- input method noun A set of mnemonics for inputting a foreign script or exotic symbols not found on a physical keyboard.
- input method editor noun A program that facilitates the input of foreign scripts or exotic symbols on a computer or similar device.
- input-output section noun The part of the environment division of a COBOL program that specifies the symbolic names of external files accessed by the program
- insert noun A key to toggle between text insert mode and overwrite mode.
- insertion sort noun A sorting algorithm that performs its task by inserting new items into a pre-existing sorted data structure.
- inside–outside–beginning noun A tagging scheme commonly employed in tasks such as named-entity recognition within computational linguistics.
- inspector noun A software tool used to examine something.
- install noun An installation: the process of installing a software application.
- installer noun A program that installs software in a computer and prepares it for use.
- installfest noun An event where experienced users assist others with installing an operating system on their computers.
- instance verb To render (an object) as part of a batch, using the same geometry data.
- instance variable noun A member variable that is associated with a class for which each object of the class has a separate copy.
- instant message noun A message conveyed through an instant messaging program.
- instant messaging noun A form of realtime communication where two or more people exchange text messages, usually short, using computers or other devices with…
- instant messenger noun A computer application which allows instant text communication between two or more people through a network or the Internet in its entirety.
- instantially adv Happening when instances arise, rather than being enqueued.
- instruction noun A single operation of a processor defined by an instruction set architecture.
- instruction cycle noun The steps that a central processing unit undertakes in order to process a single instruction, consisting of fetching, decoding, and…
- instruction set noun The set of machine instructions that a particular CPU can execute; the corresponding set of assembly language mnemonics.
- instruction time noun The total amount of time required for an instruction to be fetched from memory and stored in the instruction register.
- instrumentation noun The dynamic analysis of a program's performance and behaviour, usually by injecting profiling code into it.
- integrating resource noun A publication that is updated by means of changes that are incorporated into the whole without another discreet instance being created.
- integration noun The development of a system that brings together several subsystems so that they communicate and work together.
- integration testing noun the phase in software testing that occurs after unit testing and before validation testing, where individual software modules are combined…
- integrity noun With regards to data encryption, ensuring that information is not altered by unauthorized persons in a way that is not detectable by…
- intelligent adj Having an environment-sensing automatically-invoked built-in computer capability.
- intelligent system noun A computer system that uses techniques derived from artificial intelligence, particularly one in which such techniques are central to the…
- intelligent terminal noun A computer terminal capable of doing its own local processing, rather than merely sending input to and receiving output from some other…
- intent filter noun A declaration within an application's manifest file that specifies the types of intents (messages) that a component is capable of handling.
- interaction design noun The structure and definition of the behavior of a system, the surrounding environment, corresponding artifacts, and the elements that…
- interactive adj Offering or involving interaction with the user.
- interceptor noun A hook routine that intercepts normal program flow to carry out a task.
- intercloud noun An interconnected set of clouds, in cloud computing.
- intercycle noun The interval during which the operation of a punched card device was halted to allow time for processing of card contents
- interface noun The point of interconnection between systems or subsystems.
- interfix noun An association link.
- interframe noun A video frame which is compressed to express only the change from a reference frame.
- interleave verb To allocate (things such as successive segments of memory) to different tasks.
- interlingual machine translation noun A classic method where the source language is converted into an abstract, language-independent representation called interlingua.
- intern verb To internalize.
- internalize verb To store (a string or other structure) in a shared pool, such that subsequent items with the same value can share the same instance.
- internationalization noun The act or process of making a product suitable for international markets, typically by making text messages easily translatable and…
- internet verb To connect (a computer, an electronic device, etc.) into a computer network (in particular, the Internet).
- Internet address noun Any address that is used to identify a place or resource on the Internet, such as a URL, an IP address, or a domain name.
- internetted adj Connected into a computer network.
- internetting noun The act of entwining or linking things together so as to form a network; interconnecting, networking.
- interoperable adj (of a system or device) Able to communicate, and exchange data with another system or device.
- interpolate verb During the course of processing some data, and in response to a directive in that data, to fetch data from a different source and process…
- interpolation noun The process of interpolating: including and processing externally-fetched data in a document or program.
- interpret verb To analyse or execute (a program) by reading the instructions as they are encountered, rather than compiling in advance.
- interpreter noun A machine that reads the pattern of holes on a punch card and prints its meaning along the top of the card.
- interrogate verb To query (something); to request information from (something).
- interrupt noun An event that causes a computer or other device to temporarily cease what it was doing and attend to a condition.
- intersection noun The pullback of a corner of monics.
- interthread adj Between threads.
- intertwingle verb Of documents, information, etc.: to interconnect or interrelate in a complex way.
- intertype adj Between data types.
- intraframe noun A video frame that does not depend on any other frame for rendering, but simply presents a fixed image. Usually subject to spatial…
- intranetwork noun An intranet.
- intrinsic noun A built-in function that is implemented directly by the compiler, without any intermediate call to a library.
- intro noun A small demo produced to promote one's demogroup or for a competition.
- introspect verb To examine by means of type introspection.
- introspectability noun The quality of supporting type introspection.
- introspective sort noun A sorting algorithm that begins with quicksort and switches to heapsort when the recursion depth exceeds a level based on (the logarithm…
- intrusive adj Designating a type of collection in which each item keeps track of what collection it is in, rather than the more conventional approach of…
- invariant noun Ellipsis of class invariant.
- invariant section noun A property that does not change through a program's execution.
- inverse adj Whose every element has an inverse (morphism which is both a left inverse and a right inverse).
- inverse limit noun a limit
- inverse video noun A display technique whereby background and foreground colours are interchanged, typically used for highlighting.
- inversion of control noun Abstract principle describing an aspect of some software architecture designs in which the flow of control of a system is inverted in…
- invocation noun The act of invoking, such as a function call.
- invoke verb To cause (a program or subroutine) to execute.
- invoker noun That which causes a program or subroutine to execute.
- IP noun Initialism of insertion point (where text, etc. will be added in a document).
- is-a noun The relationship between two entities in which one entity inherits from the other.
- iso noun Clipping of isomorphism.
- isochronal adj Time-dependent.
- isochronous adj Of or pertaining to the use of clocks derived from the same clock reference.
- isogeny noun An epimorphism of group schemes that is surjective and has a finite kernel.
- isolation noun A database property that determines when and how changes made in one transaction are visible to other concurrent transactions.
- isomorphic adj Able to run either client-side or server-side.
- isomorphism noun a one-to-one correspondence between all the elements of two sets, e.g. the instances of two classes, or the records in two datasets.