a computer program that checks a computer for viruses and prevents their spread
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Utility program
(computer science) a program designed for general support of the processes of a computer; "a computer system provides utility programs to perform the tasks needed by most users"
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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
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Computer science, Education, Media and communication, Curriculum, Film and television.a program written in FORTRAN
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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the branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively; "workers in AI hope to imi…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: computer, science, program, designed, support.(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, program, designed, support.the branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively; "workers in AI hope to imi…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: computer, science, program, designed, support.(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, program, designed, support.(computer science) the technique of representing the real world by a computer program; "a simulation should imitate the internal proce…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: computer, science, program, designed, support.(computer science) written programs or procedures or rules and associated documentation pertaining to the operation of a computer syst…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: computer, science, program, designed, support.(computer science) a copy of the contents of a computer storage device; sometimes used in debugging programs
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: computer, science, program, designed, support.(computer science) a program designed to perform such editorial functions as rearrangement or modification or deletion of data
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: computer, science, program, designed, support.(computer science) a program designed to perform such editorial functions as rearrangement or modification or deletion of data
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: computer, science, program, designed, support.(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, program, designed, support.a utility program that organizes the input to a computer
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: computer, science, program, designed, support.(computer science) software that controls the execution of computer programs and may provide various services
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