a computer program that checks a computer for viruses and prevents their spread
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a program that helps in locating and correcting programming errors
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a program that gives a computer instructions that provide the user with tools to accomplish a task; "he has tried several different wo…
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Computer science, Education, Media and communication, Curriculum, Film and television.a program that gives a computer instructions that provide the user with tools to accomplish a task; "he has tried several different wo…
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Computer science, Education, Media and communication, Curriculum, Film and television.a program to convert assembly language into machine language
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Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Computer science, Education, Media and communication, Curriculum, Film and television.a pre-compiled, pre-linked program that is ready to run under a given operating system; a binary for one operating system will not run…
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Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Computer science, Education, Media and communication, Curriculum, Film and television.a program that examines other computer programs for syntax errors
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Computer science, Education, Media and communication, Curriculum, Film and television.any software program that runs on a user's local computer and accesses data stored on a remote computer.; "Your Web browser is a clien…
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Computer science, Education, Media and communication, Curriculum, Film and television.(computer science) a program that decodes instructions written in a higher order language and produces an assembly language program
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Computer science, Education, Media and communication, Curriculum, Film and television.(computer science) a program that decodes instructions written in a higher order language and produces an assembly language program
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Computer science, Education, Media and communication, Curriculum, Film and television.(computer science) a sequence of instructions that a computer can interpret and execute; "the program required several hundred lines o…
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Computer science, Education, Media and communication, Curriculum, Film and television.(computer science) a sequence of instructions that a computer can interpret and execute; "the program required several hundred lines o…
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Computer science, Education, Media and communication, Curriculum, Film and television.a program that controls the execution of other programs
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Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Computer science, Education, Media and communication, Curriculum, Film and television.A graphic engine is a type of software used by application programs to draw graphics on computer display screens.; "The graphic engine…
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Computer science, Education, Media and communication, Curriculum, Film and television.(computer science) a program that controls a display for the user (usually on a computer monitor) and that allows the user to interact…
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software that can be used to develop interactive computer programs without the technically demanding task of computer programming
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: program, helps, locating, correcting, programming.A scolding bridle, an instrument formerly used for correcting scolding women. It was an iron frame surrounding the head and having a t…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: program, helps, locating, correcting, programming.(genetics) the process of locating genes on a chromosome
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: program, helps, locating, correcting, programming.a programming language designed for use on a specific class of computers
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: program, helps, locating, correcting, programming.a programming language designed for use on a specific class of computers
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: program, helps, locating, correcting, programming.The act of correcting, or making that right which was wrong; change for the better; amendment; rectification, as of an erroneous state…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: program, helps, locating, correcting, programming.That which has the power of correcting, altering, or counteracting what is wrong or injurious; as, alkalies are correctives of acids;…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: program, helps, locating, correcting, programming.a program that recognizes and explains faults in the equipment or mistakes in a computer program
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: program, helps, locating, correcting, programming.Relating to the correcting or straightening out of something; corrective.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: program, helps, locating, correcting, programming.Having a tendency to purify or to sweeten by removing or correcting acidity and acrimony.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: program, helps, locating, correcting, programming.The act of altering for the better, or correcting what is erroneous or faulty; correction; improvement.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: program, helps, locating, correcting, programming.lens for correcting defective vision in one eye; held in place by facial muscles
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