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 30 of 59: from “logical block addressing” to “marshaler”.
- logical block addressing noun A system for referring to blocks of a secondary storage device (usually, these are 512-byte chunks), whereby each is given an index from 0…
- logical complement noun The number, obtained by complementing every bit of a given number, which produces all ones when exclusive ored with the given number.
- login noun Credentials: the combination of a user's identification and password used to enter a computer, program, network, etc.
- logject noun An object with embedded software capable of monitoring and recording, in some manner, its own activity and operation.
- logon noun credentials: the combination of a user's identification and password used to enter a computer.
- long noun A long integer variable, twice the size of an int, two or four times the size of a short, and half of a long long.
- long filename noun A filename where the filename itself, the file extension, or both, are longer than that possible with an 8.3 filename.
- long integer noun An integer with a width (in bits) that is at least equal to that of a standard integer on the same machine (usually 32 or 64 bits).
- long mode noun An operational mode of x86-64 computers which enables 64-bit addressing, running older 32-bit code in compatibility mode and foregoing…
- long polling noun A technology where the client requests information from the server without expecting an immediate response.
- longword noun A type of unsigned integer variable that is longer than a word (with the specific number of bits depending upon the system architecture).
- look development noun The process of defining the final appearance of three-dimensional assets using shaders, textures, and lighting, especially as a cohesive…
- lookahead noun The analysis in advance of subsequent decisions that would be made if a particular branch of an algorithm was followed.
- lookahead time noun The amount of time from the point when an upcoming process is scheduled and resources are allocated for it, to the moment when it executes.
- lookaside noun The technique of searching for something in a precalculated cache before attempting a more time-consuming search elsewhere.
- lookup table noun A data structure created for the purpose of translating keys into values.
- loop noun A programmed sequence of instructions that is repeated until or while a particular condition is satisfied.
- loop invariant noun an invariant that should be true on entry into a loop and is guaranteed to remain true on every iteration of the loop
- loose coupling noun A low-level interdependent coupling between program modules.
- lossful adj Lossy; involving loss of information.
- lossless adj Not losing information.
- lossy adj Of an algorithm for converting or compressing data, reducing the amount of information in data.
- louse noun The currency sign ¤.
- low surrogate noun A code point in the range U+DC00 through U+DFFF (the Low Surrogates block), used in UTF-16 to encode the low 10 bits of the 20-bit offset…
- low-code adj (of a development environment) Primarily involving a graphical user interface rather than a text-based one.
- low-level adj Of, or relating to a program, or to code in which each statement corresponds to a single machine instruction.
- low-level language noun A computer language whose source code is a somewhat user-friendly version of a particular computer architecture's assembly language…
- lower verb To reduce operations to single machine instructions, as part of compilation of a program.
- lower camel case noun The practice of writing identifiers by concatenating multiple component words, where each word excluding the first is capitalized.
- luck noun The results of a random number generator.
- luggable noun An early portable computer, similar to a desktop computer.
- lunchbox noun A luggable; an early laptop computer, usually a unit with a handle and a fold-out keyboard.
- luser noun An incompetent computer user.
- M1 noun Apple M1, a system on a chip designed by Apple which was introduced in 2020.
- M2 noun Apple M2, a system on a chip designed by Apple which was introduced in 2022.
- machine noun A computer.
- machine code noun A system of instructions and data directly understandable by a computer's central processing unit.
- machine epsilon noun An upper bound on the relative approximation error due to rounding in floating-point arithmetic, denoted by the symbol ε.
- machine instruction noun Any of a set of discrete instructions, each with its own binary representation and associated assembly language mnemonic, that a CPU can…
- machine language noun The set of instructions that a particular computer is designed to execute; generated from an assembly language by an assembler, or from a…
- machine translation noun The production of instructions in a computer language that are equal in meaning to that in another language.
- machine word noun A unit of information of a standard number of characters, appropriate for a fixed wordlength computer.
- machine-readable adj Organised or formatted in a way that permits unambiguous interpretation by a program.
- macro verb To use a macro.
- macro language noun A system for defining and processing macros.
- macroblock noun A block of adjacent pixels, typically a rectangular 16×16 block
- macroblocking noun A visual artifact in compressed video etc. where similar adjacent pixels appear as a contiguous block of colour.
- macrocode noun Code written using macros.
- macroparameter noun Any parameter of a macro (normally written as macro parameter)
- macroroutine noun A macroscale or large-scale routine.
- macrosystem noun A programming system in which small constructs (macros) represent groups of machine instructions.
- madware noun mobile adware
- magic noun Complicated or esoteric code that is not expected to be generally understood.
- magic cookie noun A token or short packet of data passed between communicating programs, used to identify a particular event or transaction; the data is…
- magic number noun A number which is manually entered into source code, rather than defined somewhere as a named constant; especially one which is arbitrary…
- magic packet noun A specially crafted packet that will turn on a computer with wake-on-LAN support if it is received by the computer's network card in…
- magic string noun A text input that is never expected to be received in normal conditions and that activates otherwise hidden functionality.
- magic word noun A string of text having some special function or purpose.
- magnetic strip noun A strip of magnetic material on which data is stored for later retrieval and reading by an electronic device.
- magnetologic adj Describing a device that uses magnetism to perform the logical operations normally performed using electronics
- mail bomb noun A large number of e-mails sent to one destination, or an e-mail with a very large attachment, as a denial-of-service attack.
- mail merge noun A software product that uses a file (or database) of names and addresses, together with a template document, to produce multiple copies of…
- mail slot noun A designated storage location for interprocess messages.
- mailbox noun A folder or account for the storage of email; an electronic inbox or mailstore.
- main memory noun Volatile memory forming most of a computer’s primary storage, not including cache memory (central processing unit cache) and secondary…
- main menu noun A list of principal options, usually presented to the user immediately upon the launch of a computer program or video game.
- mainframe noun A large, powerful computer able to manage very many simultaneous tasks and communicate with very many connected terminals; used by large…
- mainline verb To integrate (code, etc.) into the main repository for a software project, rather than separate forks.
- maintenance noun Software updates that fix bugs and improve stability rather than adding new features.
- make noun A software utility for automatically building large applications, or an implementation of this utility.
- make file noun A configuration file that describes the steps involved in building an application from its source code.
- malleability noun a property of a cryptographic algorithms in which an adversary can alter a ciphertext such that it decrypts to a related plaintext
- malleable adj in which an adversary can alter a ciphertext such that it decrypts to a related plaintext
- malloc noun A subroutine in the C programming language's standard library for performing dynamic memory allocation.
- malvertisement noun An advertisement, published on the Internet, that is infected with malicious code aiming to hijack the viewer's computer.
- man-in-the-middle attack noun A security attack in which someone intercepts the communication between a device and the server it is connected to, simulating the device…
- managed bean noun A regular Java Bean class that is registered with JSF, i.e. which is managed by the JSF framework, and contains the getter and setter…
- manager noun A window or application whose purpose is to give the user the control over some aspect of the system.
- mangle verb To modify (an identifier from source code) so as to produce a unique identifier for internal use by the compiler, etc.
- manifest noun A file containing metadata describing other files.
- manifest file noun A file containing metadata for a group of accompanying files that are part of a set or coherent unit.
- manifold noun A polygon mesh representing the continuous, closed surface of a solid object
- mantissa noun The significand; that part of a floating-point number or number in scientific notation that contains its significant digits.
- map verb To assign a drive letter to a shared folder.
- maplet noun An applet written in the computer algebra system Maple.
- mapper noun A software or hardware component that performs a mapping.
- mapping noun Assigning a PC to a shared drive or printer port on a network.
- marching ants noun An animated dotted line indicating which portion of an image is currently selected.
- marching cubes noun An algorithm for extracting a polygonal mesh of an isosurface from a three-dimensional scalar field.
- marchitecture noun A non-technical depiction of the architecture of a system, service, product line, or organization that has been simplified or made more…
- Margolus neighborhood noun A block cellular automaton neighborhood consisting of a two-by-two square of cells which shifts one cell diagonally each generation.
- mark and sweep noun A form of garbage collection in which every accessible object in memory is flagged, leaving unflagged only those that are no longer…
- marked-up adj Having had markup coding added.
- marker interface noun A special type of interface without any constants or methods defined, and that is used just to mark a class.
- marker interface pattern noun A software design pattern in computer science, used with languages that provide run-time type information about objects.
- markup noun The notation that is used to indicate the meaning of the elements in an electronic document, or to dictate how text should be displayed.
- markup language noun A computer language using markup that tells the computer some traits of the content that is described by the markup tags.
- marquee verb To select (an object or region) with the marquee selection tool.
- marshal verb To serialize an object into a marshalled state represented by a sequence of bytes that can later be converted back into an object with…
- marshaler noun A mechanism for marshalling data.