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 43 of 59: from “refactorization” to “resize”.
- refactorization noun A rewriting of computer code to improve its readability or structure without affecting its meaning or behaviour, thus making it easier to…
- refer verb To point to either a specific location in computer memory or to a specific object.
- reference verb To contain the value that is a memory address of some value stored in memory.
- reference counting noun The technique of storing the number of handles, pointers, or references to a resource such as a block of memory, disk space, or an object…
- reference implementation noun A piece of software that implements a specification of requirements and whose main purpose is to help in the creation of other software…
- reference time noun The moment in time near the beginning of switching that is chosen as a reference for the measurement of time in a digital computer.
- referential integrity noun The property of a relational database that enforces valid relationships between tables, such that no foreign key can contain a value that…
- refetch verb To retrieve data previously stored in memory.
- refinement noun Synonym of grooming (“review and prioritization process”).
- reflag verb To flag (mark with a variable) again or differently.
- reflash verb To flash again; to overwrite the memory of an updatable component such as a BIOS chip.
- reflect on verb To access details of (a data type, etc.) at run-time using reflection.
- reflection noun The process or mechanism of determining the capabilities of an object at run-time.
- reflection mapping noun A technique for approximating the reflections of the surrounding environment on complex surfaces, by storing a full 360-degree view of the…
- reflective adj Involving reflection.
- reflective programming noun A paradigm that enables a program to examine, introspect and modify its own structure and behavior at runtime.
- reflectively adv By means of reflection.
- reflector noun A pattern which can change the direction and/or offset of an oncoming spaceship without being destroyed.
- reflog noun A log in a source control system indicating when certain references were updated.
- reflow noun The process of recreating the layout of a document when some of its component elements have changed.
- reflowable adj Capable of having its layout modified so as to fit into the spaces around other objects in a document.
- refresh noun The update of a display (in a web browser or similar software) to show the latest version of the data.
- reg noun register
- regex golf noun A recreational computer programming competition in which participants attempt to devise the shortest possible regular expression that will…
- register noun A small unit of very fast memory that is directly accessible to the central processing unit, and is mostly used to store inputs, outputs…
- registration wall noun A feature of a website, application or service that only allows access to certain content or functions to users who have registered by…
- registry noun A database of configuration settings etc. maintained by the Microsoft Windows operating system.
- regression noun The reappearance of a bug in a piece of software that had previously been fixed.
- regression testing noun Testing a program after a modification to ensure that areas that should not be affected by the update behave as they did in previous…
- regular expression noun A concise description of a regular formal language with notations for concatenation, alternation, and iteration (repetition) of…
- regularization noun a process that simplifies results, often used to obtain results for ill-posed problems or to prevent overfitting.
- rehash noun A recomputation of the structure of a hash table, taking into account any newly added items.
- reification noun A process that makes a computable/addressable object out of a non-computable/addressable one; or a concrete class out of a generic one.
- reimage verb To completely replace the operating system (on a particular computer) with a preconfigured image, typically as a drastic means of fixing…
- Reingold-Tilford algorithm noun An algorithm that generates aesthetically pleasing drawings of binary trees (and by extension, n-ary trees).
- rejection sampling noun A technique used to generate observations from a distribution by repeatedly sampling an approximation function that bounds the distribution…
- rekey verb To enter information into a device, such as a keyboard or keypad, after it has been done at least once before.
- rekeying noun The process of entering information into a device again, by means of a keyboard or similar.
- relation noun A set of tuples, implemented as a table in a relational database.
- relational adj Of a database technology using tables and adhering to Codd’s 12 rules.
- relational database noun A database consisting of separate tables, having explicitly defined relationships, and whose elements may be selectively combined as the…
- relative adj Expressed in relation to another item, rather than in complete form.
- release noun The distribution, either public or private, of an initial or new and upgraded version of a computer software product.
- release candidate noun A version of a program that is nearly ready for release but may still have a few bugs; the status between beta version and release version.
- release mode noun The mode of the compiler where the code is compiled for the end user, most often with optimizations.
- release version noun A version label given to packaged computer software that has been made available to one or more target audiences.
- relex noun A programming language that differs from another only by the names of keywords, functions, etc.
- reliable adj Such that either a sent packet will reach its destination, even if it requires retransmission, or the sender will be told that it didn't.
- relight verb To render again with different simulated lighting conditions.
- relightable adj Capable of being rendered again with different simulated lighting conditions.
- reload verb To refresh a copy of a program etc. in memory or of a web page etc. on screen
- relocatable adj That functions identically at any address in memory.
- relocation noun The assigning of addresses to variables either at linkage editing, or at runtime.
- rem noun A remark (programming language statement used for documentation).
- rematerialization noun A compiler optimization that saves time by recomputing a value instead of loading it from memory.
- remote verb To connect to a computer from a remote location.
- remote desktop noun A real-time network mirroring of one computer's graphical display onto another computer (with or without knowledge of the mirrored…
- remote procedure call noun A technology that allows a computer program to cause a subroutine or procedure to execute in another address space, commonly on another…
- remoting noun A technology that allows a program to interact with the internals of another program running on a different machine.
- remount noun The process of mounting a drive or volume again.
- render noun A digital image produced by rendering a model.
- renderable noun Any object that can be rendered to the display.
- renderer noun A software or hardware process that generates a visual image from a model.
- rendering noun The process of producing an image from an internal model, or the image thus produced.
- renest verb To nest (code structures) again or differently.
- renumberer noun A program that renumbers lines of code in another program (for example, to allow insertion of further lines between them).
- Rényi entropy noun A quantity that generalizes various notions of entropy, including Hartley entropy, Shannon entropy, collision entropy, and min-entropy.
- reordrant adj Of a character (usually a vowel in Indic scripts): input after another character, but intended to display before it when text is rendered.
- repaint verb To draw or render again on the display.
- reparent verb To change the parent of an object in a data structure.
- repartition verb To format (a hard drive, a database, etc.) into different partitions.
- repertoire noun A processor's instruction set.
- replacement character noun A symbol, often displayed as a black rhombus with a white question mark, used to indicate problems when a system is unable to render a…
- replatform verb To migrate to a different platform.
- replayability noun Capability of being played back as from a recording (replayable).
- replete adj Isomorphism-closed: Inheriting all the isomorphisms of C. Formally: such that for any isomorphism f in C, if f 's source is in S, then f…
- replication noun The process of frequent electronic data copying a one database in one computer or server to a database in another so that all users share…
- repopulate verb To fill with data again; to refresh.
- repository noun A storage location for files, such as downloadable software packages, or files in a source control system.
- representable functor noun A functor from some category to the category of sets (Set) which is naturally isomorphic to a hom functor.
- representational state transfer noun A way of providing interoperability between computer systems on the Internet based on textual representations of Web resources and a…
- repro verb To reproduce (a bug or problem).
- reproducer noun A series of steps which reproduce a bug or other condition of interest.
- reproduction noun A method for reproducing a bug or problem.
- reprogram verb To program anew or differently.
- reprogramming noun The process of changing the programming of a system or device
- request noun A message sent over a network to a server.
- requester noun A dialog box that prompts the user to choose from a list.
- requirement noun A statement (in domain specific terms) which specifies a verifiable constraint on an implementation that it shall undeniably meet or (a) be…
- reroll verb To convert (an unrolled instruction sequence) back into a loop.
- rerun noun A second or subsequent run of a computer program.
- resample verb To change the sample rate or dimensions of digital imagery or audio
- reseed verb To reset the input of an algorithm so as to ensure different results.
- resend noun The act of sending again.
- reserved word noun A string of characters that is a verb, command, or other part of a programming language, and therefore cannot be used as the name of a…
- reservoir noun A "black box" component that receives an input signal to be read out and mapped by another process, as part of reservoir computing.
- resident adj Currently loaded into RAM; contrasted with virtual memory.
- resilver verb To synchronize the mirror disk of the RAID array with the master disk.
- resizable adj That can be resized.
- resize noun An operation that changes the size of something.