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dictionary titles in the series specialist dictionaries dictionary of accounting dictionary of banking and finance dictionary of business dictionary of economics dictionary of environment and ecology dictionary of hotels tourism and catering management dictionary of human resources and personnel management dictionary of ict dictionary of marketing dictionary of medical terms dictionary of military terms dictionary of nursing dictionary of science and technology english language easier english basic dictionary easier english basic synonyms english study dictionary easier english student dictionary english thesaurus for students check your english vocabulary workbooks business computing english for academic purposes pet fce ielts toefl® 0 7475 6626 7 1 9016 5928 3 0 7475 6691 7 0 7475 6627 5 0 7475 6981 9 0 7475 6982 7 0 7475 6984 3 0 7475 6644 5 0 7475 6979 7 1 9016 5963 1 0 7475 6624 0 1 9016 5931 3 0 7475 6991 6 0 7475 6685 2 0 7475 9680 0 0 7475 6632 1 0 7475 7201 1 1 9016 5999 2 0 7475 6623 2 0 7475 6990 8 0 7475 6621 6 0 7475 6987 8 1 9038 5620 5 0 7475 6634 8 0 7475 6620 8 visit our website for full details of all our books http www.bloomsbury.com/reference[close]
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www.bloomsbury.com originally published by peter collin publishing fifth edition published 2004 fourth edition published 2002 third edition published 1998 second edition published 1994 first published in great britain 1988 bloomsbury publishing plc 38 soho square london w1d 3hb © copyright s.m.h collin 1988 1994 1998 2002 this edition © copyright bloomsbury publishing plc 2004 all rights reserved no part of this publication may be reproduced in any form or by any means without the permission of the publishers british library cataloguing-in-publication data a catalogue record for this book is available from the british library eisbn-13 978-1-4081-0225-1 text processing and computer typesetting by bloomsbury printed and bound in italy by legoprint text production and proofreading lesley brown stephen curtis howard sargeant megan thomson katy mcadam joel adams daisy jackson charlotte regan all papers used by bloomsbury publishing are natural recyclable products made from wood grown in well-managed forests the manufacturing processes conform to the environmental regulations of the country of origin.[close]
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preface this dictionary provides the user with a comprehensive range of the vocabulary used in the field of computing it covers all aspects of computing including hardware software peripherals networks and programming as well as many applications in which computers are used such as the internet or desktop publishing it also describes the latest developments in networks the internet communications programming multimedia processor design and storage technology each headword is explained in clear straightforward english examples are given to show how the words and phrases can be used in context general comments about particular items of interest complex ideas or hardware or software applications are given in separate boxes quotations from magazines and journals are given to show how the words are used in real text the dictionary includes a number of product names and company names the trademarked names that are included are those that are judged to be of de facto importance to users or important in the development of computer technology.[close]
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pronunciation the following symbols have been used to show the pronunciation of the main words in the dictionary stress has been indicated by a main stress mark and a secondary stress mark note that these are only guides as the stress of the word changes according to its position in the sentence vowels ai a ai aiee ei e i back harm stop type how hire hour course annoy head fair make o word keep happy about fit near annual pool book tour shut consonants b d ð dfhjklmn buck dead other jump fare gold head yellow cab leave mix nil iiiuupr sing print rest save shop take change theft value work loch sttvwxz measure zone[close]
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a of the decimal number 10 a2 /ei abbr ampere a used in some operating systems to denote the first disk drive on the system Å abbr angstrom abandon b ndn verb to clear a document file or work from a computer s once you memory without saving it have abandoned your spreadsheet you cannot retrieve it again abb add abbr abbreviated addressing abbreviated address bri vieitid dres noun in a network a user name that has fewer characters than the full name making it easier to remember or type in or faster to decode abbreviated addressing bri vieitid dresi noun the use of abbreviated addresses abbr abb add abbreviated installation bri vieitid inst lei n noun the installing of new hardware or software without restoring the previous backup settings of the operating system abbreviation bri vi ei n noun a short form of a word command or instrucwithin the text the abbreviation tion proc is used instead of processor abd abbr apple desktop bus abend bend noun an unexpected stoppage of a program that is being run caused by a fault error or power failure an interrupt from a faulty printer caused an abend also called abnormal end aba a Å abandon abb add abbreviated address abbreviated addressing abbreviated installation abbreviation abd abend a1 /ei symbol the hexadecimal equivalent a aberration b rei n noun 1 distortion of a light beam or image caused by defects in the optical system 2 distortion of a television picture caused by a corrupt signal or incorrect adjustment ablation blei n noun a method of writing data to an optical storage device in which a laser burns a hole or pit representing digital bits of data into the thin metal surface of the storage device aberration ablation comment a laser burns a hole or pit which represents digital bits of data into the thin metal surface of the storage device abnormal end b n m l abnormal end noun same as abend abnormal termination end abnormal termination b n m l event of a malfunction occurs by switching the computer off manually or by an internal feature the program was aborted by pressing the red button aborted connection b tid k nek n noun a connection to a network or online service that has not been shut down correctly abort sequence b t si kwns noun a unique sequence of bits that indicates that the transmission will be terminated because of a fault error or power failure about bat a menu selection in the saa cua front end that tells you who developed the program and gives copyright information above-the-fold b v ð fld adjective referring to the part of a webpage that is seen by all users who call up the page because they do not have to scroll down to read it compare below-the-fold abr ei bi noun a service provided by an atm network that tries to provide the bandwidth requested by a customer though it cannot guarantee to do so full form available bit rate aborted connection abort sequence about above-the-fold abr abort b t verb to end a process in the abort t mi nei n noun same as abend normal termination abend code bend kd noun a speabend code cial number generated by the operating system that identifies the type of error that has caused a particular problem abend recovery program bend ri k v ri pr r m noun a piece of software that will reload a program or system software and restart it at the point at which an abend occurred abend recovery program[close]
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ab roll 2 pletely describes the operation to be perab roll ei bi rl noun in a multiformed requiring no other data media application a sequence of two video or music segments that are synchroabsolute loader bslu t ld nised so that one fades as the second starts noun a program that loads a section of code into main memory abs ei bi es noun a programming instruction that returns the magnitude of a absolute maximum rating number without the number s sign the bslu t m ksimm reiti noun a command abs 13 will return the answer statement of the maximum values or limits 13 full form absolute function of a system absolute address bslu t dres absolute positioning bslu t p noun 1 a computer storage address that zi ni noun the position of an object directly without any modification accessin relation to a point of origin es a location or device program execuabsolute priority bslu t prai tion is slightly faster if you code only with riti noun in the os/2 operating sysabsolute addresses compare indexed tem the priority of a process that cannot address 2 a computer storage address be changed by the operating system that can only access one location also absolute program bslu t called actual address machine adpr r m noun a computer program dress written in absolute code absolute addressing bslu t absolute time bslu t taim noun dresi noun the locating of a data word in cd-audio the length of time that an stored in memory by the use of its absolute audio disc has been playing address absolute value bslu t v lju absolute assembler bslu t noun the size or value of a number regardsembl noun a type of assembly lanless of its sign the absolute value of guage program designed to produce code 62.34 is 62.34 that uses only absolute addresses and valabsorb /b z b verb to take in light ues liquid or a signal absolute cell reference bslu t absorptance /b z ptns noun a sel ref rns noun a spreadsheet refermeasure of how completely an object or ence that always refers to the same cell substance absorbs radiant energy oppoeven when copied to another location site reflectance absolute code bslu t kd noun absorption /b z pn noun the powbinary code that directly operates the cener loss of a signal when travelling through tral processing unit using only absolute a medium due to its absorptance addresses and values also called actual abstract data type bstr kt deit code basic code taip noun a general data type that can absolute coordinates bslu t store any kind of information k dintz plural noun coordinates a-bus /ei b s noun the main internal that describe the distance of a point from bus in a microprocessor the intersection of axes ac abbr academic organisation note absolute device bslu t di vais used in email and website addresses noun an input device such as a tablet or ac abbr alternating current mouse that returns the coordinates of a acap ei si ei pi noun an email syspointer within specified axes tem developed to work with the imap4 absolute error bslu t er noun email protocol to provide extra features the value or magnitude of an error ignorsuch as management of an address book ing its sign full form application configuration acabsolute expression bslu t ik cess protocol note it was originally spre n noun in assembly language termed imsp interactive mail support the value of an expression that is not afprotocol fected by program relocation acc ei si si noun the most important absolute function bslu t internal cpu storage register containing f kn noun full form of abs the data word that is to be processed absolute instruction bslu t in store the two bytes of data in registers a str kn noun an instruction that comand b and execute the add instruction ab roll absolute loader abs absolute maximum rating absolute address absolute positioning absolute priority absolute program absolute addressing absolute time absolute value absolute assembler absorb absolute cell reference absorptance absolute code absorption abstract data type absolute coordinates a-bus ac absolute device ac acap absolute error absolute expression acc absolute function absolute instruction[close]
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3 the answer will be in the acc full form accumulator selreitid r fiks form of agp acceleration time accelerated accelerated graphics port graphics port /k p t noun full acceleration time /k sel rei n taim noun 1 the time taken for a disk drive to spin a disk at the correct speed from rest allow for acceleration time in the access time 2 the total time between an access instruction s issue to a peripheral and the transfer of the data accelerator board /k sel reit b d accelerator card /k sel reit k d noun a circuit board that carries a faster or more advanced version of the same processor that runs your computer adding an accelerator board to your computer makes it run faster accelerator key /k sel reit ki noun a key that when pressed together with another carries out a function that would otherwise have to be selected from a menu using a mouse instead of selecting the file menu then the save option use the accelerator keys alt and s to do the same thing and save the file accept /k sept verb to establish a session or connection with another computing device acceptable use policy /k septb l ju z plisi noun a set of rules that describe what a user can write or do on the internet without offending other users abbr aup acceptance sampling /k septns s mpli noun the testing of a small random part of a batch to see if the whole batch is up to standard acceptance test /k septns test noun a test to check that a piece of equipment will perform as required or will reach required standards acceptance testing /k septns testi noun the performing of an acceptance test access kses noun 1 the fact of beto ing able to reach or use something have access to the computer room 2 the fact of being allowed to use a computer and read or alter files stored in it this is usually controlled by a security device such as a password to deny access to refuse access to a circuit or system for reasons of workload or security í verb to call up data which is stored in a computer accelerator board accelerator key accept acceptable use policy acceptance sampling acceptance test acceptance testing access accession number she accessed the employee s file stored on the computer access arm kses m noun a mechanical device in a disk drive used to position the read/write head over the correct track on a disk the access arm moves to the parking region during transport access authority kses rti noun permission to carry out a particular operation on data access-barred kses b d adjective prevented from accessing particular data access category kses k t ri noun a category that defines which files or data a user can access and which he or she cannot access channel control kses t n l kn trl noun in a tokenring network the set of protocols that manage the data transfer between a station and a medium access control access charge kses t d noun a cost due when logging onto a system or viewing special pages on a bulletin board access code kses kd noun a series of characters or symbols that must be entered to identify a user before access to a computer is permitted access control kses kn trl noun a security device such as a password that only allows selected users to use a computer system or read files access control byte kses kn trl bait noun in a token-ring network a byte following a start marker in the token that indicates if the station can access the network access controller kses kn trl noun in cd-i an electronic device that transfers image data to the video controller access control list kses kn trl list noun full form of acl access counter kses kant noun counter access head kses hed noun the part of a disk drive that moves to the correct part of the disk s surface and reads information stored on the disk access hole kses hl noun an opening in both sides of a floppy disk s casing allowing the read-write head to be positioned over the disk s surface accession number /k se n n mb noun a number in a record that access arm access authority access-barred access category access channel control access charge access code access control access control byte access controller access control list access counter access head access hole accession number[close]
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access level 4 cording changes to an access path in case shows in which order each record was enof malfunction tered access level kses lev l noun a access period kses pirid noun a period of time during which a user can predefined access category note the access data lowest access level might allow the user to only view data the highest access levaccess permission kses p el allows a user to do anything mi n noun a description of all the acaccess line kses lain noun a percess rights for a particular user manently connected communications line access point kses pint noun a between a terminal and a computer test point on a circuit board or in software access log kses l noun a file on allowing an engineer to check signals or a website server computer that contains a data record of every visitor to the website access privilege kses privilid showing when a person visited and which noun the status granted to a user that alpages he or she viewed the access log is lows him or her to see read or alter files invaluable we produce graphs of the access provider kses pr vaid pages that are most popular using an acnoun same as isp cess log analyser program access rights kses raits plural access mechanism kses noun the rights of a particular user to acmekniz m noun a mechanical device cess a particular file or data object that moves an access arm over the surface access time kses taim noun 1 the of a disk total time that a storage device takes beaccess method kses med tween the moment the data is requested noun 1 a means used for the internal the access and the return of the data transfer of data between memory and distime of this dynamic ram chip is around play or peripheral devices differences in 200ns we have faster versions if your the methods used are often the cause of system clock is running faster 2 the length compatibility problems 2 a set of rules of time required to find a file or program that allows a device to send data onto a neteither in main memory or a secondary work token passing and csma/cd are memory source two methods commonly used in a local access unit kses ju nit noun in a area network token-ring network a wiring concentraaccess method routines kses tor med ru ti nz plural noun software accidental ksi dent l adjective routines that move data between main which happens by accident always keep storage and an output device backup copies in case of accidental damaccess name kses neim noun a age to the master file unique name that identifies an object in a accordion fold k din fld acdatabase cordion fanfold noun method of folding access number kses n mb continuous paper one sheet in one direcnoun the telephone number that a compution the next sheet in the opposite directer dials up in order to be connected to an tion allowing the paper to be fed into a internet service provider or other network printer continuously with no action on the provider part of the user also called fanfold accessor kses noun a person who account kant noun in a network accesses data or online system a record of a user s accessory /k sesri noun an extra name password and rights to access a netadd-on device e.g a mouse or printer that work or online system if you are a new is attached to or used with a computer user you will have to ask the supervisor to the printer comes with several accessocreate an account for you í verb to keep ries including a soundproof hood note track of how much time and resources the plural is accessories each user of a network or online system access path kses p noun a deuses scription of the location of a stored file accounting package noun a piece of within the directory structure of a disk software that automates a business s acaccess path journalling kses counting functions we now type in each p d nli noun the process of retransaction into the new accounting packaccess level access period access permission access line access point access log access privilege access provider access rights access mechanism access time access method access unit access method routines accidental access name accordion fold access number accessor account accessory access path accounting package access path journalling[close]
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5 age rather than write it into a ledger also called accounts package account name kant neim noun the unique name of a user on a network or john smith s account online system name is jsmith accounts package kants p kid noun same as accounting account name accounts package acoustic delay line acia ei si ai ei noun a circuit that allows a computer to transmit and receive serial data using asynchronous access full form asynchronous communications acia interface adapter ack ei si kei noun a signal that is ack gather several things together over a period of time we have gradually accumulated a large databank of names and addresses note accumulates accumulating accumulated accumulator accumulate kju mjleit verb to accumulate package mulator register noun full form of acc accumulator address kju mjleit dres noun an address accumulator address accumulator kju mjleit accu kju mjleit ift in str kn noun a command to shift the contents of an acc left or right by one bit accuracy kjrsi noun 1 the extent to which something is correct or true 2 the extent to which a person avoids errors 3 the total number of bits used to define a number in a computer note the more accuracy accumulator shift instruction accumulator shift instruction accessed by an instruction held in the acc sent from a receiver to indicate that a transmitted message has been received and that it is ready for the next one the printer generates an ack signal when it has received data full form acknowledge ackerman s function kmnz f kn noun a recursive function used to test the ability of a compiler to cope with recursion acknowledge /k nlid noun full form of ack í verb 1 to tell a sender that a message or letter has been received 2 to send a signal from a receiver to show that a transmitted message has been received ackerman s function acknowledge acknowledge character note acknowledges acknowledging acknowledged acknowledge character /k nlid k rikt noun a special code sent by a reacknowledged mail bits allocated the greater the accuracy of the definition kjrsi kn trl k rikt noun a code that indicates whether data is accurate or whether the data should be disregarded by a particular device acd ei si di noun a specialised telephone system that can handle lots of incoming calls and direct them to a particular operator according to programmed instructions in a database full form acd accuracy accuracy control character control character ceiver to indicate to the transmitter that the message has been correctly received acknowledged mail /k nlid d meil noun a function that signals to the sender when an electronic mail message has been read by the recipient acl ei si el noun a security system that has a list of user names and passwords that is checked by the operating system to find out if a particular user is allowed to access or use a resource or feature of the shared computer or network full form acacl cess control list acoustic ku stik adjective referring acoustic to sound automatic call distribution acdi abbr asynchronous communicaacdi acoustic coupler ku stik k pl acoustic coupler tions device interface acf abbr advanced communications function ach ei si eit noun an automated network that links banks together and enables them to handle payments made from one bank to another through electronic points of sale and withdrawals from cashpoints full form automated clearing acf ach noun a device that connects to a telephone handset converting binary computer data into sound signals to allow it to be transmitted down a telephone line comment the acoustic coupler also converts back from sound signals to digital signals when receiving messages it is basically the same as a modem but uses a handset on which a loudspeaker is placed to send the signals rather than direct connection to the phone line it is portable and clips over both ends of a normal telephone handset it can be used even in a public phone booth the acoustic coupler has generally been replaced by a direct cable link from the computer s modem to the standard telephone socket achromatic colour eikrm tik achromatic colour house k l noun a grey colour within the range between black and white displayed by a graphics adapter acoustic delay line ku stik di lei lain noun an outdated data storage methacoustic delay line[close]
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acoustic feedback 6 od that delays data in the form of sound actionmedia kn mi di a trade pulses as they travel across a medium name for a digital video system developed by intel that uses its i750 video processor acoustic feedback ku stik chip to allow a computer to record play fi db k noun feedback back and manipulate digital video acoustic hood ku stik hd noun a action message kn mesid soundproof cover put over a line printer to noun a message displayed to inform the cut down its noise user that an action or input is required acoustic memory ku stik action-object kn b d ekt noun mem ri noun same as acoustic store in a saa cua front end an object to acoustic panel ku stik p n l which a user specifies an action should be noun a soundproof panel placed behind a applied device to reduce noise activate kti veit verb 1 to start a acoustic store ku stik st noun process or to make a device start working an outdated form of regenerative memory pressing cr activates the printer 2 in that uses an acoustic delay line also an authoring tool or programming lancalled acoustic memory guage to make a button or menu option or acpi ei si pi ai noun a software sysfield on a screen layout available to a user tem that allows the operating system to if the button or field is not activated it is configure compatible hardware automatinormally displayed greyed out and does cally full form advanced configuration not respond if a user selects it note acactionmedia acoustic feedback acoustic hood action message acoustic memory action-object acoustic panel activate acoustic store acpi and power interface acquisition kwi zi n noun the acquisition tivates activating activated accepting capturing or collecting of information or being used active ktiv adjective busy working active to a network that controls several dial-up modems and allows remote users to connect to the server using a modem link and gain access to the network full form asynchronous communication server action kn noun in a saa cua front end a user event e.g pressing a speaction acrobat adobe acrobat acs ei si es noun a computer linked acrobat acs cial key that moves the cursor to the action bar at the top of the screen action bar kn b noun a top line of the screen that displays the menu names action bar pull-down kn b pl noun in a saa cua front end a feature whereby the full menu is displayed below the menu name when a user moves the cursor to a particular menu name on the action bar action code kn kd noun in a saa cua front end a single letter associated with a particular menu option to speed up selection when the letter action code is pressed the menu option is selected action cycle kn saik l noun the series of steps required to carry out a process or operation on data e.g reading processing output and storage action list kn list noun in a saa cua front end a list of choices action bar action bar pull-down action code action cycle action list application ktiv pli kei n noun in a multitasking operating system an application currently being used by a user active area ktiv eri noun 1 in a spreadsheet program the area that contains data bounded by the top left hand corner and the bottom right hand cell 2 in a graphical window an area that will start or select a function if the user moves the pointer into it with a mouse active cell ktiv sel noun the spreadsheet cell that is currently selected with a cursor or pointer active code page ktiv kd peid noun a code page currently in use by the system active database ktiv deitbeis noun a database file currently being accessed by a database management program active device ktiv di vais noun an electronic component that requires electrical power to operate and provides gain or a logical function active document ktiv dkjmnt noun a standard windows application that is accessed from within a web browser and controlled by special commands in the webpage active file ktiv fail noun a file that is currently being worked on active active application active area active cell active code page active database active device active document active file[close]
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7 eitwei noun in a network a gateway that exchanges routing information active high ktiv hai noun an electronic signal that is valid when it is high or logical one or at five volts active hub ktiv h b noun a hub that selectively directs packets of data according to their address or content active line ktiv lain noun a line in a communications link or port that is being used to transfer data or carry control signals active link ktiv lik noun a link currently being used to transfer information active low ktiv l noun an electronic signal that is valid when it is low or logical zero or at zero volts active menu ktiv menju noun a menu selection currently displayed below a menu bar active node ktiv nd noun a node on a network connected to or available to connect to another node active pixel region ktiv piks l ri d n noun an area of a computer screen that can display graphic image information active printer ktiv print noun a printer that is currently connected to the computer s printer port active program ktiv pr r m noun in a multitasking system a program that is currently in control of the processor active record ktiv rek d noun a record that is being updated or accessed active region ktiv ri d n noun an area on a screen that will start an action or has been defined as a hotspot active server page ktiv s v peid noun a webpage that is created only when accessed by a visitor allowing the website to display up-to-date information or information from a database the database search results page is implemented as an active server page abbr active gateway active high active hub active line active link active low active menu active node active pixel region active printer active program active record active region active server page active gateway ktiv actual data transfer rate active storage ktiv st rid noun a main storage fast access ram whose locations can be directly and immediately addressed by the cpu active streaming format ktiv stri mi f m t noun full form of asf active video ktiv vidi si n l active video signal noun a part of a video signal that contains picture information activevrml ktiv vi em el active storage active streaming format active video activevrml noun vrml active window 1 an area of the display screen where the operator is currently working 2 in a gui or saa cua front end the window that is currently the focus of cursor movements and screen displays window activex ktiv eks a trade name for a programming language and program definition used to create small applications designed to enhance the functionality of a webpage java vbscript activex active window ktiv wind noun comment activex applications called applets are often used to add database or multimedia effects to a website that cannot be supported with basic html commands when a user visits the web page that uses the activex applet the program is automatically downloaded by the user s browser and run on the user s computer asp active star ktiv st noun a network consisting of a central point with nodes branching out in which a central processor controls and routes all messages between devices active state ktiv steit noun an electronic state in which an action occurs active star active state activities k tivitiz plural noun jobs or tasks which are being performed on a computer activity level k tivti lev l noun the maximum number of jobs that can run in a multitasking system activity light k tiviti lait noun small light or led on the front of a disk drive or computer that indicates when the disk drive is reading or writing data to disk activity loading k tiviti ldi noun a method of organising disk contents so that the most often accessed files or programs can be loaded quickly activity ratio k tiviti reii noun the number of files currently in use compared to the total stored activity trail k tiviti treil noun a record of activities carried out actual address ktul dres noun same as absolute address actual code ktul kd noun same as absolute code actual data transfer rate ktul deit tr nsf reit noun the average number of data bits transferred in a period of time activities activity level activity light activity loading activity ratio activity trail actual address actual code actual data transfer rate[close]
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actual instruction 8 actual instruction ktul in adaptive packet assembly str kn noun the resulting instruction d ptiv p kit sembli noun a method executed after the modification of an origused by the mnp error correcting protocol inal instruction to adjust the size of data packets according to the quality of the telephone line the actuator kteit noun a mechanibetter the line the bigger the packet size cal device that can be controlled by an external signal e.g the read/write head in a adaptive routing d ptiv ru ti disk drive noun the ability of a system to change its communications routes in response to varacu ei si ju noun a device that alious events or situations such as line faillows a computer to call stations or dial telure note the messages are normally ephone numbers automatically full form actual instruction adaptive packet assembly actuator adaptive routing acu automatic calling unit ad abbr andorra note used in email and website addresses a/d abbr analog to digital ada ei di ei noun a high-level proad a/d ada gramming language that is used mainly in military industrial and scientific fields of computing adapt d pt verb to change adjust or modify something so that it fits can this computer be adapted to take 5.25 inch disks adaptation d p tei n noun the ability of a device to adjust its sensitivity range according to various situations adapter d pt adaptornoun a device that allows two or more incompatible devices to be connected together adapter card d pt k d noun a card that plugs into an expansion bus in a pc and adds a new function to the computer or allows it to communicate with another device note a sound card is a type of adapt adaptation adapter adapter card sent along the most cost-effective path unless there is a problem with that route in which case they are automatically rerouted adaptive system d ptiv sistm noun a system that is able to alter its readaptive system sponses and processes according to inputs or situations adaptor d pt noun another spelling of adapter adb abbr apple desktop bus adc ei di si noun an electronic device that converts an analog input signal to a digital form which can be processed by a computer full form analog to digital adaptor adbtm adc converter plug that allows plugs with different numbers or shapes of pins to be fitted into the same socket adaptive channel allocation d ptiv t n l l kei n noun provision of communications channels according to demand rather than a fixed allocation adaptive compression d ptiv km pre n noun a data compression system that continuously monitors the data it is compressing and adjusts its own algorithm to provide the most efficient compression adaptive channel allocation adaptive compression adapter card that plugs into an expansion connector and allows sound to be played back or recorded adapter plug d pt pl noun a adapter plug make a total 2 to put things together to form a larger group the software house has added a new management package to its range of products addend dend noun the number added to the augend in an addition adder d noun a device or routine that provides the sum of two or more inputs either digital or analog addend adder add d verb 1 to put figures together to add comment a parallel adder takes one clock cycle to add two words a serial adder takes a time equal to the number of bits in a word to add p ls kd mdju lei n noun full form of adpcm adaptive differential pulse code modulation d ptiv dif ren l adaptive differential pulse code modulation noun a device that can either add or subtract add file d fail noun a file in which new records are stored prior to updating the main database add-in d in noun adjective something that is added to something else í adjective that is added to something else addition di n noun an arithmetic operation that produces the sum of an addend and augend additional di nl adjective which is added or extra can we link three additional workstations to the network add file add-in addition additional adder-subtractor d sb tr kt adder-subtractor[close]
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