a compact disk that is used with a computer (rather than with an audio system); a large amount of digital information can be stored an…
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an instruction that interrupts the program being executed and passes control to the supervisor
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a compact disk that is used with a computer (rather than with an audio system); a large amount of digital information can be stored an…
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Computer science, Operating systems, Computer architecture.an electronic memory device; "a memory and the CPU form the central part of a computer to which peripherals are attached"
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Computer science, Operating systems, Computer architecture.an electronic memory device; "a memory and the CPU form the central part of a computer to which peripherals are attached"
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Computer science, Operating systems, Computer architecture.(computer science) a computer memory consisting of an array of magnetic cores; now superseded by semiconductor memories
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Computer science, Operating systems, Computer architecture.(computer science) a read-only memory chip that can be erased by ultraviolet light and programmed again with new data
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Computer science, Operating systems, Computer architecture.(computer science) a read-only memory chip that can be erased by ultraviolet light and programmed again with new data
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Computer science, Operating systems, Computer architecture.(computer science) memory whose contents can be accessed and read but cannot be changed
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Computer science, Operating systems, Computer architecture.(computer science) a computer memory consisting of an array of magnetic cores; now superseded by semiconductor memories
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Computer science, Operating systems, Computer architecture.an electronic memory device; "a memory and the CPU form the central part of a computer to which peripherals are attached"
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Computer science, Operating systems, Computer architecture.an electronic memory device; "a memory and the CPU form the central part of a computer to which peripherals are attached"
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Computer science, Operating systems, Computer architecture.the most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on; an integrated circu…
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Computer science, Operating systems, Computer architecture.the most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on; an integrated circu…
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Computer science, Operating systems, Computer architecture.the most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on; an integrated circu…
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Computer science, Operating systems, Computer architecture.the most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on; an integrated circu…
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Computer science, Operating systems, Computer architecture.(computer science) memory whose contents can be accessed and read but cannot be changed
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Computer science, Operating systems, Computer architecture.(computer science) memory whose contents can be accessed and read but cannot be changed
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Computer science, Operating systems, Computer architecture.the most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on; an integrated circu…
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Computer science, Operating systems, Computer architecture.
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a natural and unavoidable catastrophe that interrupts the expected course of events; "he discovered that his house was not insured aga…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: instruction, interrupts, program, executed, passes.an instruction that interrupts the program being executed; "Pascal performs calls by simply giving the name of the routine to be execu…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: instruction, interrupts, program, executed, passes.One who is receiving rudimentary instruction in the doctrines of Christianity; a neophyte; in the primitive church, one officially rec…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: instruction, interrupts, program, executed, passes.The part of a voltaic battery by which the electric current leaves substances through which it passes, or the surface at which the ele…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: instruction, interrupts, program, executed, passes.develop (a child's or animal's) behavior by instruction and practice; especially to teach self-control; "Parents must discipline their…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: instruction, interrupts, program, executed, passes.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…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: instruction, interrupts, program, executed, passes.To prepare for public examination by private instruction; to train by special instruction.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: instruction, interrupts, program, executed, passes.(computer science) a program that decodes instructions written in a higher order language and produces an assembly language program
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: instruction, interrupts, program, executed, passes.(computer science) a program that decodes instructions written in a higher order language and produces an assembly language program
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: instruction, interrupts, program, executed, passes.a program of instruction designed primarily for adult students who participate part-time
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: instruction, interrupts, program, executed, passes.The resistance of a horse, that interrupts his cadence and the measure of his manege, occasioned by a bad horseman, or the bad temper…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: instruction, interrupts, program, executed, passes.a program that recognizes and explains faults in the equipment or mistakes in a computer program
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: instruction, interrupts, program, executed, passes.
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