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 42 of 59: from “QWERTY” to “refactorable”.
- QWERTY noun A standard layout of keys on a keyboard for typing, in which the leftmost keys of the top lettered row are Q-W-E-R-T-Y.
- qword noun A quadword: four words, typically used in the same contexts as the fossilized 16-bit sense of "word" and thus 64 bits.
- R-pentomino noun The methuselah based on this polyomino that, in Conway's Game of Life, has a lifespan of 1,103 generations.
- R-tree noun A kind of tree data structure used to group objects by nearness of location, representing them by their minimum bounding rectangles in the…
- rabbit noun A large element at the beginning of a list of items to be bubble sorted, and thus tending to be quickly swapped into its correct position.…
- Rabin-Karp algorithm noun A string-searching algorithm that uses hashing to find an exact match of a pattern string in a text.
- race noun A race condition; a bug or problem that occurs when two or more components attempt to use the same resource at the same time.
- race condition noun A flaw in a system or process whereby the output or result is unexpectedly and critically dependent on the sequence or timing of other…
- racy adj Involving a data race or a race condition.
- radio button noun Any of a group of widgets in a graphical user interface that is used to select one of a group of options; the selection of any one…
- radiosity noun A three-dimensional rendering system that simulates all reflections from objects in the scene.
- radix sort noun Any of various sorting algorithms in which items are processed according to the value of each digit or character in turn
- radix tree noun A space-optimized trie data structure in which each node that is the only child is merged with its parent.
- raft verb To dock (toolbars, etc.) so that they share horizontal or vertical space.
- ragdoll noun A model consisting of a set of connected rigid bodies that can collapse in a loose, natural manner.
- ragdoll physics noun Physics based around ragdolls (models consisting of a set of connected rigid bodies that can collapse in a loose, natural manner).
- ragged adj Of a data structure: having uneven levels.
- rail fence cipher noun A transposition cipher in which the plain text is written in a zigzag fashion diagonally up and down on successive "rails" of an imaginary…
- rainbow adj Of or pertaining to rainbow tables.
- raise verb To instantiate and transmit (an exception, by throwing it, or an event).
- rake noun A type of puffer train that leaves behind a stream of spaceships as it moves.
- ram-pack noun A hardware module containing RAM for use by another device.
- rand noun A random number.
- random adj Pseudorandom; mimicking the result of random selection.
- random access adj Capable of being accessed in any order, not required to be sequential.
- random access memory noun Computer memory, usually volatile, that stores program and data values during operation and in which each word of memory may be directly…
- random function noun A function whose formula is always the same, but whose initial value is chosen at random from a set of possible values (its domain).
- randomized polynomial time noun The complexity class of problems for which a probabilistic Turing machine exists with certain properties.
- randomly adv By random access; at any point at a given time; not sequentially.
- range noun A sequential list of values specified by an iterator.
- rangeable adj Supporting the use of ranges.
- RAR noun A RAR file.
- raster noun A bitmap image, consisting of a grid of pixels, stored as a sequence of lines.
- raster graphics noun A data file or structure representing a generally rectangular grid of pixels, or points of colour, on a computer monitor, paper, or other…
- rat's nest noun A software or hardware system whose design lacks organized structure, making it difficult to understand and maintain.
- ratchet noun A mechanism for generating a new unique key for each message by moving forward in a sequence.
- rate limit noun The maximum number of requests in a given timeframe that are able to be made to a server that uses rate limiting.
- ravel verb In the APL programming language: to reshape (a variable) into a vector.
- ravelled adj Of a variable in the APL programming language: which has been reshaped into a vector.
- ravelling noun In the APL programming language: the act of reshaping a variable into a vector.
- ravioli code noun Overly structured program source code, with many small sections, functions, etc. that should be combined.
- ray marching noun An advanced form of ray tracing in which the imaginary light rays are not merely computed where they intersect with solid parts of the…
- ray tracing noun A technique that produces realistically shaded images by projecting imaginary light rays to determine which parts of an object should be…
- reaccess verb To access again.
- reactive programming noun A declarative programming paradigm where changes to values are automatically propagated, without the need for explicit reassignment.
- read verb To fetch data from (a storage medium, etc.).
- read receipt noun An automatic response, often containing a timestamp, which notifies the sender of an e-mail or instant message that the message was opened.
- read through adj A cache that will fetch information from the original source when asked for information that is not yet cached.
- read-around ratio noun In cathode-ray-tube storage systems, the number of times that a value can be read from a given cell without corrupting adjacent stored…
- read-only access noun A permission to access files or directories where the user is only allowed to read or view, not to make changes.
- read-only memory noun A computer memory chip that stores values but does not allow updates, in which the values are nonvolatile in that they are retained even…
- readahead noun The operation of reading data from a storage medium in advance so that it is immediately available when requested.
- readback noun The act of reading data back from a location where it has been stored.
- readers-writers problem noun Any of a class of problems in which many concurrent threads of execution try to access the same shared resource at one time, with…
- readout noun The information output from a computer in a readable form.
- readtable noun In Lisp and related languages, a data structure specifying how text characters are to be interpreted syntactically.
- ready queue noun A data structure that holds a process that is ready to run, but is unable to do so because the CPU is already occupied.
- real noun A real number.
- real mode noun The default operational mode of x86-compatible CPUs, offering direct software access to all memory and peripherals but without the advanced…
- real number noun A floating-point number.
- Real Programmer noun An archetypal highly skilled programmer, who eschews abstractions and convenient modern tools and methods of programming, instead…
- real time noun The duration required by a computer system to complete a particular task.
- realia noun Physical objects in a library collection that do not fit into traditional categories of media, whose media are the objects themselves, as…
- reap verb To terminate a child process that has previously exited, thereby removing it from the process table.
- rebase verb To modify core data from which other data is derived in such a way that the final meaning is unchanged.
- reboot noun An instance of rebooting.
- rebuffer verb To buffer (data) again.
- recent noun A recently viewed or accessed item.
- reclock verb To modify the clock speed of.
- recomment verb To convert (a portion of source code, configuration, etc.) back to a comment, so that it no longer takes effect.
- recommit noun A second or subsequent commit.
- recompile noun An act of recompiling code.
- recompress noun An act of recompression.
- record noun A set of data relating to a single individual or item.
- recovery CD noun A CD-ROM distributed with a computer and containing copies of the software originally installed on the computer's hard drive, allowing the…
- recur verb Synonym of recurse (“to execute a procedure recursively”).
- recursion noun The invocation of a procedure from within itself.
- recursive adj of a program or function that calls itself
- recursive descent noun A kind of top-down parsing involving a set of mutually recursive procedures, each of which implements one of the non-terminals of the…
- recursive function noun Any function that uses recursion and can call itself until a certain condition is met.
- recursively adv Using recursion.
- recursively enumerable adj Of a set, such that there exists a deterministic algorithm which will list all the items in the set and no others.
- recycle bin noun In Microsoft Windows, a storage location for deleted files, from which they can be retrieved or permanently deleted.
- red forest noun A forest (group of domains) having high security and limited access, used for administrative purposes.
- redebug verb To debug again.
- redefine verb To define a previously defined area of storage etc. in a different manner, e.g. changing it from textual to numeric.
- redevelop verb To reprogram (an app).
- redirect verb To substitute an address or pointer to a new location.
- redistributable adj Of a software component, allowable to be redistributed by a third party as part of its own software.
- redraw noun An update to the screen display.
- reduce verb To express the solution of a problem in terms of another (known) algorithm.
- reducer noun A function that takes state and action as arguments and returns the next state of the app.
- reduction noun A transformation of one problem into another problem, such as mapping reduction or polynomial-time reduction.
- redundant adj Containing duplicate pathways to send a message.
- redundant array of independent disks noun A system using multiple hard drives for the sharing or replication of data in order to increase data integrity, fault-tolerance or…
- reenter verb To enter again; retype, reinput.
- reentrant adj Such that the corresponding lock can be reacquired by the locking thread.
- refactor verb To rewrite existing source code in order to improve its readability, reusability or structure without affecting its meaning or behaviour.
- refactorability noun The degree or quality of being refactorable (possible to rewrite without changing the behaviour of the code).
- refactorable adj That can be refactored; that is suited to refactoring.