The act of compressing, or state of being compressed.
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the activity of converting data or information into code
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(computer science) the technique of representing the real world by a computer program; "a simulation should imitate the internal proce…
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Computer science, Media and communication, Research methods, Communication theory.(computer science) the encryption of data for security purposes
Used in the same subject area: Cybersecurity, Computing and technology, Computer science, Psychology, Media and communication, Communication theory, Learning memory.The act of deciphering.
Used in the same subject area: Media and communication, Research methods, Qualitative methods, Communication theory.the activity of making clear or converting from code into plain text; "a secret key or password is required for decryption"
Used in the same subject area: Media and communication, Research methods, Qualitative methods, Communication theory.the activity of making clear or converting from code into plain text; "a secret key or password is required for decryption"
Used in the same subject area: Media and communication, Research methods, Qualitative methods, Communication theory.A way of scrambling information so only authorised people can read it.
Used in the same subject area: Cybersecurity, Computing and technology, Computer science, Psychology, Media and communication, Research methods, Qualitative methods, Communication theory, Learning memory.A small pack or package; a little bundle or parcel; as, a packet of letters.
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Computer science, Media and communication, Communication theory.The act of simulating, or assuming an appearance which is feigned, or not true; -- distinguished from dissimulation, which disguises o…
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Computer science, Media and communication, Research methods, Communication theory.One who compiles; esp., one who makes books by compilation.
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Computer science, Media and communication.(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, Media and communication.(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, Media and communication.(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, Media and communication.A way of arranging information inside a program.
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Computer science, Psychology.One who edits; esp., a person who prepares, superintends, revises, and corrects a book, magazine, or newspaper, etc., for publication.
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Computer science, Research methods.(computer science) a program designed to perform such editorial functions as rearrangement or modification or deletion of data
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Computer science, Research methods.(chemistry) a surface forming a common boundary between two things (two objects or liquids or chemical phases)
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Computer science, Media and communication.One who or that which interprets, explains, or expounds; a translator; especially, a person who translates orally between two parties.
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Computer science, Media and communication.
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(computer science) the interval between the time data is requested by the system and the time the data is provided by the drive; "acce…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: activity, converting, data, information, code.To aim; to direct.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: activity, converting, data, information, code.(computer science) a code for information exchange between computers made by different companies; a string of 7 binary digits represen…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: activity, converting, data, information, code.Alt. of Ascians
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: activity, converting, data, information, code.a data transmission rate; the maximum amount of information (bits/second) that can be transmitted along a channel
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: activity, converting, data, information, code.An elastic apparatus or fender, for deadening the jar caused by the collision of bodies; as, a buffer at the end of a railroad car.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: activity, converting, data, information, code.(computer science) a part of RAM used for temporary storage of data that is waiting to be sent to a device; used to compensate for dif…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: activity, converting, data, information, code.(computer science) a part of RAM used for temporary storage of data that is waiting to be sent to a device; used to compensate for dif…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: activity, converting, data, information, code.a sequence of 8 bits (enough to represent one character of alphanumeric data) processed as a single unit of information
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: activity, converting, data, information, code.A body of law, sanctioned by legislation, in which the rules of law to be specifically applied by the courts are set forth in systemat…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: activity, converting, data, information, code.a specific sequence of three adjacent nucleotides on a strand of DNA or RNA that specifies the genetic code information for synthesizi…
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