(computer science) the interval between the time data is requested by the system and the time the data is provided by the drive; "acce…
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(computer science) the smallest discrete component of an image or picture on a CRT screen (usually a colored dot); "the greater the number of pixels per inch, the greater the resolution"
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(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.(computer science) the rate at which data is transferred (as by a modem)
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Computer science.(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…
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Computer science.(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…
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Computer science.(computer science) the part of a computer (a microprocessor chip) that does most of the data processing; "the CPU and the memory form…
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Computer science.(computer science) the part of a computer (a microprocessor chip) that does most of the data processing; "the CPU and the memory form…
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(computer science) the structure and organization of a computer's hardware or system software; "the architecture of a computer's syste…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: computer, science, smallest, discrete, component.(computer science) a sector or group of sectors that function as the smallest data unit permitted; "since blocks are often defined as…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: computer, science, smallest, discrete, component.A minute, thin-walled vessel; particularly one of the smallest blood vessels connecting arteries and veins, but used also for the smal…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: computer, science, smallest, discrete, component.(computer science) any computer that is hooked up to a computer network
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: computer, science, smallest, discrete, component.(computer science) a kind of computer architecture that has a large number of instructions hard coded into the CPU chip
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: computer, science, smallest, discrete, component.(computer science) the structure and organization of a computer's hardware or system software; "the architecture of a computer's syste…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: computer, science, smallest, discrete, component.(computer science) the part of a computer (a microprocessor chip) that does most of the data processing; "the CPU and the memory form…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: computer, science, smallest, discrete, component.(computer science) any computer that is hooked up to a computer network
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: computer, science, smallest, discrete, component.(computer science) a computer that provides client stations with access to files and printers as shared resources to a computer network
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: computer, science, smallest, discrete, component.The transcript, image, or picture of a visible object, that is formed by the mind; also, a similar image of any object whatever, wheth…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: computer, science, smallest, discrete, component.The figure or picture of any object formed at the focus of a lens or mirror, by rays of light from the several points of the object sy…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: computer, science, smallest, discrete, component.(computer science) the part of a computer (a microprocessor chip) that does most of the data processing; "the CPU and the memory form…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: computer, science, smallest, discrete, component.The science of real as distinguished from phenomenal being; ontology; also, the science of being, with reference to its abstract and u…
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