(computer science) a program that controls a display for the user (usually on a computer monitor) and that allows the user to interact…
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Human-computer interaction, Computer science.
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a user interface in which you type commands instead of choosing them from a menu or selecting an icon
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(computer science) a program that controls a display for the user (usually on a computer monitor) and that allows the user to interact…
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Human-computer interaction, Computer science.a user interface in which you type commands instead of choosing them from a menu or selecting an icon
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Human-computer interaction, Computer science.a user interface based on graphics (icons and pictures and menus) instead of text; uses a mouse as well as a keyboard as an input devi…
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Human-computer interaction, Computer science.a user interface based on graphics (icons and pictures and menus) instead of text; uses a mouse as well as a keyboard as an input devi…
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Human-computer interaction, Computer science.(computer science) the interval between the time data is requested by the system and the time the data is provided by the drive; "acce…
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Computer science.(computer science) a register that has a built-in adder that adds an input number to the contents of the register
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Computer science.(computer science) a first test of an experimental product (such as computer software) carried out by the developer
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Computer science.(computer science) a code for information exchange between computers made by different companies; a string of 7 binary digits represen…
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Computer science.(computer graphics) a technique that is used to smooth jagged distortions in curves and diagonal lines so they appear smoother
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Computer science.(computer science) a copy of a file or directory on a separate storage device; "he made a backup in case the original was accidentally…
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Computer science.(computer science) a computer file dedicated to storing and updating computer backups
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Computer science.(computer science) a block (usually one sector) that cannot reliably hold data
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Computer science.(computer science) a data transmission rate (bits/second) for modems
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Computer science.(computer science) a data transmission rate (bits/second) for modems
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Computer science.(computer science) a second test of an experimental product (such as computer software) carried out by an outside organization
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Computer science.(computer science) a computer file containing machine-readable information that must be read by an application; characters use all 8 b…
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Computer science.(computer science) the rate at which data is transferred (as by a modem)
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Computer science.
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The use of some epithet or the name of some office, dignity, or the like, instead of the proper name of the person; as when his majest…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: user, interface, type, commands, instead.a list of dishes available at a restaurant; "the menu was in French"
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: user, interface, type, commands, instead.a list of dishes available at a restaurant; "the menu was in French"
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: user, interface, type, commands, instead.a secondary menu that appears while you are holding the cursor over an item on the primary menu
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: user, interface, type, commands, instead.Act of choosing; the voluntary act of selecting or separating from two or more things that which is preferred; the determination of th…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: user, interface, type, commands, instead.commands that a user types in order to run an application
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: user, interface, type, commands, instead.(computer science) indicator consisting of a movable spot of light (an icon) on a visual display; moving it allows the user to point t…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: user, interface, type, commands, instead.(computer science) a small temporary window in a graphical user interface that appears in order to request information from the user;…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: user, interface, type, commands, instead.Not to obey; to neglect or refuse to obey (a superior or his commands, the laws, etc.); to transgress the commands of (one in authorit…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: user, interface, type, commands, instead.the condition of being varied; "that restaurant's menu lacks diversification: every day it is the same"
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: user, interface, type, commands, instead.a menu of options that appears below the item when the computer user clicks on it
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: user, interface, type, commands, instead.Selecting; choosing (what is true or excellent in doctrines, opinions, etc.) from various sources or systems; as, an eclectic philosop…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: user, interface, type, commands, instead.an agenda of things to do; "they worked rapidly down the menu of reports"
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: user, interface, type, commands, instead.
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