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 34 of 59: from “nak” to “nonblocking”.
- nak noun A negative ACK; a response indicating that a message was not fully received, or that there was a problem with the message.
- name noun An identifier, generally a unique string of characters.
- named adj An argument that is passed to a subroutine according to its name in the invocation code, rather than on its position; compare with…
- named pipe noun An extension to the anonymous pipe concept on Unix and Unix-like systems, used for interprocess communication.
- namespace noun A conceptual space that groups classes, identifiers, etc. in order to avoid conflicts with items in unrelated code that carry the same…
- namevoter noun One who votes for an entry in a demoscene competition on the basis of its author or demogroup, rather than the actual merits of the work.
- namevoting noun Voting for an entry in a demoscene competition because of its author or demogroup rather than its actual merits.
- naming collision noun An error caused by two source code elements (such as variables or functions) having the same name as each other.
- nan noun Alternative form of NaN (not a number)
- nano-COM noun The use of a very small subset of the Component Object Model, focused exclusively on the Application Binary Interface (ABI) aspects that…
- nanobot noun A very small autonomous robot, typically the size of a biological cell, designed to work alone or in very large numbers to achieve some…
- nanocode noun The microcode used in a nanoprocessor
- narrow verb To convert to a data type that cannot hold as many distinct values.
- narrowing conversion noun A conversion from one data type to another where the new data type’s size is smaller than the old one’s, such that the conversion may…
- nasal demon noun Unexpected behavior of a compiled program as a result of source code that employs an undefined construct.
- Nash equilibrium noun The set of choices of players' strategies for which no player can benefit by changing his or her strategy assuming that the other players…
- nat noun Acronym of network address translation (“network address rewriting”).
- native adj Pertaining to the system or architecture in question.
- native bundle noun A self-contained package that includes all the necessary components required to build a native executable or shared library.
- native support noun a feature that already exists in the environment in which an application is run.
- natively adv Pertaining to the computer or architecture in question; without the use of emulation, etc.
- natural key noun A unique key formed from attributes that relate to the external world being modelled, rather than being an internally generated surrogate…
- natural numbers noun The set of non-negative integers, {0, 1, 2, 3, ...}.
- natural numbers object noun An object which has a distinguished global element (which may be called z, for “zero”) and a distinguished endomorphism (which may be…
- natural transformation noun A morphism between a pair of parallel functors such that if each object of the shared domain category subtends a correlated arrow — called…
- natural user interface noun A user interface for a computer that is effectively invisible, or becomes invisible to its users with successive learned interactions.
- navigate verb To move between web pages, menus, etc. by means of hyperlinks, mouse clicks, or any other mechanism.
- navigation bar noun A bar at the top of a graphical user interface containing links that allow users to move around the page and/or program
- navigation mesh noun A data structure used in artificial intelligence applications to aid agents in pathfinding through large spaces. It is a collection of…
- navigator noun A user interface that allows navigating through a structure of any kind.
- NC noun Initialism of Nick's Class, the complexity class of decision problems solvable in polylogarithmic time using a polynomial number of…
- near adj Within the currently selected segment in a segmented memory architecture.
- nearline adj Having a level of availability somewhere between online and offline, typically using removable media.
- neededness noun Dependency; the state of one segment of code requiring another segment to complete.
- Needham-Schroeder protocol noun Either of two key transport protocols for use over insecure networks, one based on symmetric encryption (and forming the basis of Kerberos)…
- needle noun A text string that is searched for within another string. (see: needle in a haystack)
- negate verb To perform the NOT operation on.
- negative indexing noun The use of a negative integer as an array offset to access from the end of the array. Array[-3] accesses the 3ʳᵈ element from the end of…
- negentropy noun The difference between the entropy of a probability distribution and the maximum possible entropy of the same probability distribution.
- neighborhood noun The set of all cells near a given cell used to determine that cell's state in the next generation.
- nerve noun A particular simplicial set constructed from a category.
- nest noun A structure consisting of nested structures, such as nested loops or nested subroutine calls.
- nesting noun The enclosure of one self-contained element of code inside another.
- netboot noun The booting of a system from a network.
- netcentric adj Pertaining to client/server architecture that is used throughout an enterprise's entire lines of business.
- netdead adj Synonym of link-dead (“in a frozen state due to sudden disconnection”).
- netname noun The part of a UNC (Uniform Naming Convention) path that identifies a particular resource on a given server.
- network noun A computer network: multiple computers and other devices connected together to share information.
- network neutrality noun A principle proposed for user-access networks participating in the Internet that advocates no restrictions by ISPs or government on the…
- network printer noun A printer that receives its print jobs through a print server, as opposed to processing print jobs directly.
- network socket noun A software structure within a network node of a computer network that serves as an endpoint for sending and receiving data across the…
- network topology noun The physical arrangement of a network; the way in which cables are arranged in order to connect computers in a network.
- neumorphism noun A faddish user interface style that is characterized by flat design and monochromaticity, combined with soft shadows, poor contrast (e.g.…
- neural adj Modelled on the arrangement of neurons in the brain.
- neural network noun Any network of neurons etc., that function together to achieve a common purpose.
- neurode noun An artificial neuron, a simple processing element of a neural network having several input signals and one output signal.
- neuromorphic adj That mimic and implement neuro-biological architectures present in the nervous system to be used in a practical computing system.
- new verb Synonym of new up.
- New World ROM noun The firmware, specifically the bootROM, that was introduced on Macintosh computers in 1998 with the first iMac.
- newless adj Not containing or using an operator new.
- newline noun The character or character sequence that indicates the end of a line of text and transition to the next line; or, a control code or escape…
- newsbar noun A horizontal or vertical strip on a screen that displays scrolling or static text, typically used to present news headlines, alerts, or…
- newsbot noun Any of various pieces of software designed to harvest articles from newsgroups, or from news websites.
- newsreader noun A program for reading and posting to newsgroups.
- NEXPTIME noun In computational complexity theory, a complexity class in which the set of decision problems can be solved by a nondeterministic Turing…
- next generation networking noun The transmission of voice, data, video and any other form of information in packets over the same network.
- NF noun Initialism of normal form.
- nibble noun A unit of memory equal to half a byte, or chiefly four bits.
- nibbler noun A program for copying floppy disks at a low level (typically one bit at a time) to circumvent protection systems.
- nice verb To run a process with a specified (usually lower) priority.
- niceness noun A value determining how much processor time to concede to a running process. (See also nice (verb), renice.)
- Nicholl–Lee–Nicholl algorithm noun A fast algorithm for line clipping that reduces the chances of clipping a single line segment multiple times.
- niebloid noun An entity that can be called as a function but which is not visible to argument-dependent name lookup.
- nightly noun A build of a software program with the latest changes, released every night.
- Nihilist cipher noun A symmetric cipher in which a Polybius square using a mixed alphabet is used to convert both the plain text and a keyword to a series of…
- nine noun A statistical unit of proportion (of reliability, purity, etc.).
- ninety-ninety rule noun A humorous aphorism stating that the first 90% of the code accounts for the first 90% of the development time, and the remaining 10% of the…
- ninja noun A programmer or tech worker, particularly one skilled in a particular programming language or environment; used especially in job adverts.
- nipple noun A pointing stick.
- NNUE noun A type of neural network able to run on a CPU, trained to evaluate a board game (usually chess or shogi) position.
- no-CD noun A software crack for a program that usually requires the presence of the original compact disc (to prove that it is a legally-acquired…
- no-code adj (of a development environment) Involving a graphical user interface rather than a text-based one.
- no-op noun An instruction or operation that has no effect; a null operation.
- noarch adj Used by the RPM Package Manager to mark software packages that contain only content, such as graphics, documentation or similar data that…
- node noun A computer or other device attached to a network.
- noise word noun A word that may be included in source code for clarity but does not change the meaning.
- noiselet noun Any of a family of functions related to wavelets, analogous to the way that the Fourier basis is related to a time domain signal.
- nominative type system noun A major type system where compatibility and equivalence of data types are determined by explicit declarations or the names of the types.
- non-binary noun Something which is not a binary; a computer file that is not readable text.
- non-free software noun Software that cannot be freely copied, redistributed and modified, including source code.
- non-functional requirement noun A requirement of a project, such as accessibility or portability, that is not a specific, measurable aspect of performing a particular task.
- non-singular adj Injective.
- non-stack adj not skilled at, or relating to, multiple software layers such as operating system and user interface.
- non-terminal noun A non-terminal symbol in a formal grammar.
- non-terminal symbol noun A symbol in a formal grammar that cannot appear in sentences of the grammar but may eventually be resolved into a sequence of terminal…
- non-virtual interface pattern noun A software pattern that controls how methods in a base class are overridden using the non-virtual interface.
- non-W3C noun Any web technologies, formats, or coding practices that are not developed, endorsed, or ratified by the World Wide Web Consortium.
- nonadministrator noun A user who is not an administrator and therefore has limited privileges on the system.
- nonassignable adj That cannot be assigned to.
- nonblocking adj That does not block; allowing other tasks to proceed immediately rather than having to wait for completion.