a computer program that checks a computer for viruses and prevents their spread
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a computer program that retrieves documents or files or data from a database or from a computer network (especially from the internet)
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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…
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Computer science, Education, Media and communication, Curriculum, Film and television.a program written in C
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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(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: computer, program, retrieves, documents, files.(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: computer, program, retrieves, documents, files.(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: computer, program, retrieves, documents, files.a network topology in which nodes are connected in a daisy chain by a linear sequence of buses.; "In a bus network, every station rece…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: computer, program, retrieves, documents, files.(computer science) any computer that is hooked up to a computer network
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: computer, program, retrieves, documents, files.(computer science) the symbolic arrangement of data or instructions in a computer program or the set of such instructions
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: computer, program, retrieves, documents, files.(computer science) the symbolic arrangement of data or instructions in a computer program or the set of such instructions
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: computer, program, retrieves, documents, files.a computer network consisting of a worldwide network of computer networks that use the TCP/IP network protocols to facilitate data tra…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: computer, program, retrieves, documents, files.(computer science) a computer file containing relatively transient data about a particular data processing task
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: computer, program, retrieves, documents, files.a suite of internet protocols, which provide Security transparency, security and network management.; "FLIP is a connectionless protoc…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: computer, program, retrieves, documents, files.(computing) a security system consisting of a combination of hardware and software that limits the exposure of a computer or computer…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: computer, program, retrieves, documents, files.a suite of internet protocols, which provide Security transparency, security and network management.; "FLIP is a connectionless protoc…
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