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 45 of 59: from “RTX” to “scrubber”.
- RTX noun A brand of graphics processing units developed by Nvidia featuring ray tracing technology.
- rubber duck verb To act as a sounding board for a programmer that is debugging their code, facilitating rubber duck debugging.
- rubber duck debugging noun The practice in which a programmer attempts to solve a bug by explaining their code to an inanimate object, such as a rubber duck.
- rubberbanding noun A technique in which one point or object moves while attached to another point or object, as when dragging out a new shape in a drawing…
- rubout noun Synonym of backspace.
- rugged adj Designed to reliably operate in harsh usage environments and conditions.
- run noun The execution of a program or model
- run ahead verb To execute (code) in advance, anticipating a likely upcoming need for the result.
- run book noun A set of procedures prepared by an administrator for the day-to-day maintenance and exception handling of an IT system; (loosely) such a…
- run time noun The stage during which a program is executing.
- run-length encoding noun A simple data compression scheme in which sequences of the same item are replaced by one such item and a count (so for example the text…
- runahead noun The speculative execution of code that may or may not be required to execute, so that the results are available in advance if that branch…
- rune noun A Unicode code point.
- runlevel noun Any of a set of modes of operation in certain operating systems, defining the state of the machine after boot.
- runnable adj Capable of being run.
- running time noun Of an algorithm, the length of time required for it to run as a function, depending on the number of operations executed.
- runt noun An Ethernet packet that does not meet the medium's minimum packet size of 64 bytes.
- Russian copulation noun A method of rearranging plaintext before encryption by breaking it into two parts and inverting their order, so as to conceal obvious…
- Russification noun Enabling a computer system to work with the Russian Cyrillic alphabet.
- S-box noun A basic component of symmetric-key algorithms, which performs substitution, transforming one set of bits into another.
- saddle point noun Such a point in the graphical representation of the possible outcomes of a game.
- safe adj Of a programming language, type-safe or more generally offering well-defined behavior despite programming errors.
- safe mode noun A troubleshooting mode of many operating systems in which most advanced functions are not activated.
- safe navigation operator noun A binary operator that returns its second argument, unless the first argument is null, in which case it returns null; used to simplify code…
- salami attack noun An attack against a system that consists of many minor actions (such as stealing small amounts of funds from multiple bank accounts) and is…
- salt noun A sequence of random data added to plain text data (such as passwords or messages) prior to encryption or hashing, in order to make brute…
- sample verb To reduce a continuous signal (such as a sound wave) to a discrete signal.
- sampling noun The measurement, at regular intervals, of the amplitude of a varying waveform in order to convert it to digital form.
- sandbox verb To restrict (a program, etc.) by placing it in a sandbox.
- sandboxer noun A process that sandboxes others.
- sandpile noun Any of several models in which a series of connected nodes interact with their neighbours according to fixed rules.
- sanitize verb To filter (text) to ensure it does not contain any characters that will cause problems for or be interpreted in an adverse way by the…
- sanitizer noun A program to detect errors in code, usually integrated into a compiler.
- sash noun A draggable vertical or horizontal bar used to adjust the relative sizes of two adjacent windows.
- saturated adj Conforming to saturation arithmetic.
- saturation noun A form of arithmetic in which all operations are limited to a fixed range of values. See Saturation arithmetic.
- save noun The act, process, or result of saving data to a storage medium.
- savepoint noun A point during a transaction at which changes are committed, and to which the user can roll back if necessary.
- savestate noun A file that contains an emulator's or virtualizer's state at the moment it was saved to disk. The file contains the contents of the memory…
- sawtooth noun A pattern whose living cell population reaches new peaks infinitely many times before dropping to a fixed value after each peak.
- scaffolder noun A software tool that creates the basic framework or template for a new project.
- scaffolding noun Source code etc. that is incomplete and serves as a basis for further development.
- scag verb To destroy the data on a disk, either by corrupting the file system or by causing media damage.
- scalable adj Able to greatly increase in capacity, with relative ease.
- scalar adj Consisting of a single value (e.g. integer or string) rather than multiple values (e.g. array).
- scale verb To tolerate significant increases in throughput or other potentially limiting factors.
- scale out verb To scale up (a system) by adding more servers or nodes.
- scalogram noun A visual representation of a wavelet transform, having axes for time, scale, and coefficient value, analogous to a spectrogram
- scamware noun Software that fraudulently fails to do what it is claimed to do. Also, scamware can lead your data to data brokers
- scan verb To inspect, analyse or go over, often to find something.
- scan line noun A single row of pixels in a raster graphics image.
- scancode noun A numeric code transmitted by a computer keyboard to indicate which keys are currently being pressed.
- scanout noun The conversion of image data in computer memory to a series of lines for output to a raster display.
- scarab noun The currency sign ¤.
- scareware noun Software that attempts to scare the user into compliance, as by displaying false warnings of virus infection.
- scatter/gather adj Being or relating to a form of I/O by which a single procedure call sequentially writes data from multiple buffers to a single data stream…
- scene verb Short for demoscene.
- schedule noun An allocation or ordering of a set of tasks on one or several resources.
- scheduler noun An operating system component responsible for allocating several resources, most commonly the use of processors by different concurrent…
- schema noun A formal description of the structure of a database: the names of the tables, the names of the columns of each table, and the data type and…
- schemer noun A person who programs in Scheme.
- schroedinbug noun A software bug which begins to manifest only when somebody debugging the code finds out that it should not work at all.
- scientific calculator noun An electronic calculator that can handle trigonometric, exponential and often other advanced functions, and can show its output in…
- scientific computing noun The use of computing to solve scientific and engineering problems, especially by means of simulation, or the construction of mathematical…
- scope noun The region of program source code in which a given identifier is meaningful, or a given object can be accessed.
- scorefile noun A file containing criteria for assigning a score to each email message received, for purposes of filtering out spam, etc.
- scrape verb To extract data by automated means from a format not intended to be machine-readable, such as a screenshot or a formatted web page.
- scraper noun A program or process that scrapes data, such as a screen-scraper.
- scraping noun Automated collection of data, data scraping.
- scratch adj Relating to a scratchpad, a data structure or recording medium attached to a machine for testing or temporary use.
- scratcher noun A user of the Scratch visual programming language.
- scratchpad noun A piece of temporary memory to hold details of a current conversation, usually scratchpad memory.
- screen noun The visualised data or imagery displayed on a computer screen.
- screen mask noun A tool that follows the mouse or touch input and helps eliminate distractions on a page.
- screen memory noun A portion of computer memory storing the graphics currently displayed on the screen.
- screen motion capture noun The digital recording, by software, of a moving image displayed upon a screen in order to allow manipulation and playback.
- screen name noun a string of characters used to identify a user of a bulletin board, e-mail etc; a pseudonym used for online communication.
- screen reader noun A software application that speaks aloud information from a computer display, for users with impaired vision.
- screen tearing noun A phenomenon where the image on a screen appears to horizontally "tear" in two due to lack of synchronization between the video feed and…
- screen-scrape verb To extract data from (a source such as a webpage) by picking it out from among the human-readable content.
- screengrab noun A screenshot.
- screenname noun a string of characters used to identify a user of a bulletin board, e-mail etc; a pseudonym used for online communication.
- screensaver noun A computer program that displays aesthetic patterns or images when the computer is not being used, originally intended to prevent…
- screenshot noun An image of computer or smartphone screen output at a given moment in time.
- screenshotter noun A computer program that takes screenshots.
- script noun A brief and simple program.
- script editor noun A software program or feature for editing source code.
- script monkey noun A hacker who has no talent other than for using other people's scripts.
- script out verb To simplify or automate a process using scripts (a file containing a list of user commands, allowing them to be invoked once to execute in…
- scriptable adj That can be extended or automated through scripting.
- scripter noun A programmer who uses a scripting language.
- scroll verb To change one's view of data on a computer's display by moving in gradual increments, typically using an input device or touch screen.
- scroll bar noun A graphical widget in the form of a horizontal or vertical bar, on the edges of a personal computer screen, that is used to move scrollable…
- Scroll Lock noun A key on a standard extended keyboard, originally causing the arrow keys to scroll a window rather than moving a cursor, now sometimes used…
- scroll wheel noun A hard plastic or rubbery disc on a computer mouse, used for scrolling.
- scroller noun Synonym of scrolly (“scrolling message”).
- scrolling noun The continuous movement of text or images on a display screen in either a horizontal or vertical direction.
- scrolly noun A scrolling message, especially one used in a demo to convey news, commentary, greetings, etc.
- scrub verb To eliminate or to correct data from a set of records to bring it inline with other similar datasets
- scrubber noun A horizontal bar allowing the user to set the playback position.