a text file that contains only ASCII characters without special formatting
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(computer science) a computer file that contains text (and possibly formatting instructions) using seven-bit ASCII characters
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(computer science) a computer file that contains text (and possibly formatting instructions) using seven-bit ASCII characters
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Computer science, History, Sources and evidence.a document connected to the World Wide Web and viewable by anyone connected to the internet who has a web browser
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Computer science, History, Sources and evidence.a document connected to the World Wide Web and viewable by anyone connected to the internet who has a web browser
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Computer science, History, Sources and evidence.(computer science) the interval between the time data is requested by the system and the time the data is provided by the drive; "acce…
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Computer science.(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.
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(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, science, file, contains, text.(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, file, contains, text.(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, file, contains, text.(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, science, file, contains, text.(computer science) a file maintained in computer-readable form
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: computer, science, file, contains, text.(computer science) the name given to a computer file in order to distinguish it from other files; may contain an extension that indica…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: computer, science, file, contains, text.(computer science) the name given to a computer file in order to distinguish it from other files; may contain an extension that indica…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: computer, science, file, contains, text.(computer science) a sequence of instructions that a computer can interpret and execute; "the program required several hundred lines o…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: computer, science, file, contains, text.(computer science) a sequence of instructions that a computer can interpret and execute; "the program required several hundred lines o…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: computer, science, file, contains, text.(computer science) the key on a computer keyboard that is used (in combination with some other key) to type control characters
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: computer, science, file, contains, text.(computer science) a tiny ferrite toroid formerly used in a random access memory to store one bit of data; now superseded by semicondu…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: computer, science, file, contains, text.(computer science) a file server that can be used only as a file server
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: computer, science, file, contains, text.To march off in a line, file by file; to file off.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: computer, science, file, contains, text.
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