a computer program that checks a computer for viruses and prevents their spread
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(chemistry) a surface forming a common boundary between two things (two objects or liquids or chemical phases)
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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
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Computer science, Education, Media and communication, Curriculum, Film and television.a system for automatically correcting text
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Computer science, Education, Media and communication, Curriculum, Film and television.a computer program for automatically moderating an online forum or discussion
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 helps in locating and correcting programming errors
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…
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(chemistry) a substance that retards a chemical reaction or diminishes the activity of a catalyst
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: chemistry, surface, forming, common, boundary.(chemistry) the mass of an atom of a chemical element expressed in atomic mass units
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: chemistry, surface, forming, common, boundary.(chemistry) the mass of an atom of a chemical element expressed in atomic mass units
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: chemistry, surface, forming, common, boundary.The chemistry of living organisms; the chemistry of the processes incidental to, and characteristic of, life.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: chemistry, surface, forming, common, boundary.To limit; to terminate; to fix the furthest point of extension of; -- said of natural or of moral objects; to lie along, or form, a bo…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: chemistry, surface, forming, common, boundary.(chemistry) a substance that initiates or accelerates a chemical reaction without itself being affected
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: chemistry, surface, forming, common, boundary.Pertaining to chemistry; characterized or produced by the forces and operations of chemistry; employed in the processes of chemistry;…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: chemistry, surface, forming, common, boundary.(chemistry) a substance formed by chemical union of two or more elements or ingredients in definite proportion by weight
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: chemistry, surface, forming, common, boundary.(chemistry) a process in which one or more substances are changed into others; "there was a chemical reaction of the lime with the gro…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: chemistry, surface, forming, common, boundary.The force exerted between the atoms of elementary substance whereby they unite to form chemical compounds; chemical attaction; affinit…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: chemistry, surface, forming, common, boundary.An application of chemical theory and method to the consideration of some particular subject; as, the chemistry of iron; the chemistry…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: chemistry, surface, forming, common, boundary.(chemistry) The degree of structural order in a solid.; "The crystallinity of drug substances and additives is one of the fundamental…
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