truthy

en-adj

truthy (comparative truthier, superlative truthiest)

truthier (comparative)
truthiest (superlative)

From truth + -y. In colloquial sense, back-formation from truthiness.

In JavaScript, any expression or statement that expects a boolean value will work with a truthy or falsy value, so the fact that && does not always evaluate to true or false does not cause practical problems.

2012, David Flanagan, JavaScript Pocket Reference, page 40

In JavaScript, as well as the true or false Boolean values, other types of variables can be said to be truthy or falsey.

To remember which values are truthy and which are falsey, just memorize the five falsey values - undefined, null, 0, "" and NaN -- and remember that everything else is truthy.

2014, Eric T. Freeman, Elisabeth Robson, Head First JavaScript Programming: A Brain-Friendly Guide, page 292

Clojure uses the Boolean operators or and and. or returns either the first truthy value or the last value, and returns the first falsey value or, if no values are falsey, the last truthy value.

2015, Daniel Higginbotham, Clojure for the Brave and True, page 40

(programming) Evaluating to true in a Boolean context.


caterpillar tree

en-noun

caterpillar tree (plural caterpillar trees)

(graph theory) A tree consisting of only a path (the spine or stalk of the tree) and vertices directly connected to (i.e. one edge away from) that path; a tree whose vertices with a degree of at least 3 are all surrounded by at most two vertices of degree two or greater.


slosh

(computing, slang) backslash, the character \.


MOTD

When I connected to the IRC server, the MOTD included an apology for the recent downtime.

(Internet) Initialism of message of the day.


most significant byte

most significant byte (plural most significant bytes)

(computer science) The byte of a multibyte number with the greatest importance: that is, the byte stored first on a big-endian system or last on a little-endian system.


substitution cipher

substitution cipher (plural substitution ciphers)

(cryptography) A method of encryption by which units of plaintext are substituted with ciphertext according to a regular system; the "units" may be single letters (the most common), pairs of letters, triplets of letters, mixtures of the above, and so forth. The receiver deciphers the text by performing an inverse substitution.


greenscreen

greenscreen (countable and uncountable, plural greenscreens)

The display of an IBM 3270 or similar monochrome monitor.


nub

Either directly from Middle Low German, or from knub, from a Middle Low German word (compare Low German Knubbel, Knobbel (“knot; lump”)). Compare knob.

cog

(computing, colloquial) A pointing stick.


CFD

Computational Fluid Dynamics
computational fluid dynamics#English

(computing, mechanics) Initialism of Computational Fluid Dynamics.


blip

Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Group 1

When a participant has full access permissions to a wave, he or she can change the contents of all blips and reply within or after blips.

2010, Gina Trapani, Adam Pash, The Complete Guide to Google Wave, page 51

Although the wiki-like editing capabilities of Google Wave represent a valuable feature, there is some debate about whether participants should edit other participants' blips or their own blips.

2010, Andres Ferrate, Google Wave: Up and Running, page 87

(Internet, historical) An individual message or document in the Google Wave software framework.


startup

en-noun

startup (countable and uncountable, plural startups)

Coordinate term: autostart

Add an app to run automatically at startup in Windows 10, Microsoft Support
3. With the file location open, press the Windows logo key + R, type shell:startup, then select OK. This opens the Startup folder. / 4. Copy and paste the shortcut to the app from the file location to the Startup folder.

(computing, often capitalized) A folder (especially in Windows), containing shortcuts of applications or programs that start up automatically after a user signs in.

indítópult

computing: folder containing shortcuts of applications or programs that start up automatically after a user signs in


cluebat

(computing slang) A bat (club) with which someone clueless is struck (figuratively or in one's imagination).


resel

(computing) A resolution element describing the actual spatial image resolution in an image (or a volume).


angle bracket

programming language
programming language

Any of a number of angle-shaped brackets.

(computing) Either of the inequality signs < and >, when used as brackets in programming languages and markup languages.


USP

stored procedure
stored procedure#English

(computing, databases) Initialism of user stored procedure.


slipstream

en-verb

slipstream (third-person singular simple present slipstreams, present participle slipstreaming, simple past and past participle slipstreamed)

slipstreams (present singular third-person)
slipstreaming (participle present)
slipstreamed (participle past)
slipstreamed (past)

Compound of slip + stream. Fiction sense coined by cyberpunk author Bruce Sterling in 1989.

coin

You do this by slipstreaming the updates into the distribution folder.

2003, William Boswell, Inside Windows Server 2003

A better solution is to create a bootable Windows XP installation CD slipstreamed with the current service pack...

2004, Ed Bott, Carl Siechert, Craig Stinson, Microsoft Windows XP inside out

It is illegal to distribute slipstreamed CDs. In some locales, it may also be illegal to create them.

2005, Jesper M Johansson, Steve Riley, Protect your Windows network: from perimeter to data

(computing, transitive) To incorporate additional software (such as patches) into an existing installer.


filetype

(computing) An identifier indicating the type of information contained in an electronic format.


link whore

(slang, Internet, derogatory) Someone who goes to great lengths to get other people to link to his/her website or blog.


notefile

(computing) A file containing plain text with little or no formatting.


touchpad

(computing) A flat surface which is sensitive to touch, used mostly in laptop computers to control an on-screen cursor.


rotator

(Internet) A banner ad that cycles through multiple advertisements.


storyboard

Any sequence of drawings or diagrams which illustrate a sequence of events, e.g. in an accident or as a flowsheet for computer programming.


dentro

Vote for any demo released during the last six months before the release of the next issue of Yahoo (7.6.1994 - 7.1.1995). All non-party dentros and dentros competed in a demo competition at a party belong to this category.

1995, Antti Piirainen, “Yah #4 vote sheet”, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.demos (Usenet)

And if we leave the conspiracy theory for a moment, it was a long time since I saw a TBL demo/dentro/intro, or have I missed something?

1999, Cruxis, “scary rumour about win2k (billy selling your cpu?)”, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.demos (Usenet)

I left the amiga group Plague and joined LSD about 1992, i released a dentro under their name (Anyone know how i can find it again, i think it was simply called LSD dentro)...

2001, Matrix, “Looking for certain demo/intro i released under LSD & DCS.”, in alt.emulators.amiga (Usenet)

(demoscene, rare) A production that is classified somewhere between a demo and an intro.


packager

(computing) A program that groups objects or data into a single file.


REST

Coding a REST API has never felt right to me. I believe that REST APIs should be designed and configured, but not coded.

2011, Mark Masse, REST API Design Rulebook: Designing Consistent RESTful Web Service Interfaces, O'Reilly, page 86

representational state transfer
representational state transfer#English

(computing) Acronym of representational state transfer.


reflect on

en-verb

reflect on (third-person singular simple present reflects on, present participle reflecting on, simple past and past participle reflected on)

reflects on (present singular third-person)
reflecting on (participle present)
reflected on (participle past)
reflected on (past)

It is sometimes useful to be able to reflect on class or interface types in native code as well.

1999, Sheng Liang, The Java Native Interface

Load-time MOPs reflect on the bytecode and make use of a modified class loader.

2001, Jørgen Lindskov Knudsen, ECOOP 2001 - Object-oriented Programming: 15th European Conference

To define attribute classes and reflect on them at runtime, you have to consider a few more issues.

2005, Eric Gunnerson, Nick Wienholt, Anders Hejlsberg, A Programmer's Introduction to C# 2.0

(transitive, computing) To access details of (a data type, etc.) at run-time using reflection.


CDR

en-noun

CDR (countable and uncountable, plural CDRs)

content of decrement of register#English

(programming) Initialism of content of decrement of register; cdr.

(video games) Initialism of cooldown reduction.


Tips should always be welcome if given in a constructive way, saying "L2P noob your way of casting sucks" is NOT a tip.

2007, Shammy, “An angry player”, in alt.games.warcraft (Usenet)

(Internet, derogatory) Initialism of learn to play; used in Internet games as a slur against weak or inexperienced players.


Microsoftian

en-adj

Microsoftian (comparative more Microsoftian, superlative most Microsoftian)

more Microsoftian (comparative)
most Microsoftian (superlative)

However, Apple’s online listing of .Mac System status for the last 30 days looks almost Microsoftian.

2006, Christopher Neher, “What's wrong with .Mac?”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), archived from the original on 2006-11-13

In yearning for black plastic soul and adopting a naive fanboy perspective on music and videogames, Blandy replicates the Microsoftian rhetoric of frictionless capitalism […]

2006, Art Papers Magazine, volume 30, numbers 1-5, page 56

(informal) Of or relating to Microsoft, or its products.


rule-based

(computing, of a computing language, or expert system) Based on a series of simple "if-then" rules.


sandpile

(mathematics, computing) Any of several models in which a series of connected nodes interact with their neighbours according to fixed rules.


finishing move

professional wrestling
professional wrestling

(video games) In media such as one-on-one fighting video games and professional wrestling, a dedicated special attack used to knock out an enemy on the brink of defeat in a flashy and spectacular manner.

奥義

おうぎ, オウギ, ōgi


unpack

en-verb

unpack (third-person singular simple present unpacks, present participle unpacking, simple past and past participle unpacked)

unpacks (present singular third-person)
unpacking (participle present)
unpacked (participle past)
unpacked (past)

From Middle English unpakken, equivalent to un- + pack. Compare Saterland Frisian uutpakje (“to unpack”), West Frisian útpakke (“to unpack”), Dutch uitpakken (“to unpack”), German auspacken (“to unpack”).

cog

Packages […] are often archived and compressed using the zip utility; you can unpack these with the unzip command[…]

2005, Matthias Kalle Dalheimer, Matt Welsh, Running Linux

(computing, transitive) To unzip, decompress.


Seems that while he was out supporting them in his role as Uber Haxx0r, she was at home letting script kiddies bust root on her box.

2004, Ryan Russell, et al: Stealing the Network: How to Own a Continent

(leetspeak) Alternative spelling of haxxor


inheritor

From Middle English enheriter, enheritour; equivalent to inherit + -or. Displaced native Old English ierfenuma.

(computing, programming) A class, etc. that derives from another code element through inheritance.


textbase

(databases) A database containing a corpus of text for use by lexicographers etc.


buglet

(computing, informal) A minor bug in a program.


thread count

(computing) The total number of threads that a single processor core can run simultaneously.


foursquare

en-adj

foursquare (comparative more foursquare, superlative most foursquare)

more foursquare (comparative)
most foursquare (superlative)

From Middle English foure square; equivalent to four + square.

(cryptography) Pertaining to a four-square cipher.


voxelate

en-verb

voxelate (third-person singular simple present voxelates, present participle voxelating, simple past and past participle voxelated)

voxelates (present singular third-person)
voxelating (participle present)
voxelated (participle past)
voxelated (past)

(computing) To represent something as an array of voxels.


video card

(computing) A piece of hardware installed into a personal computer to allow it to send video signals to an external output device such as a monitor or projector.


(computing) The year 2038, in which certain date-related bugs in computer software are expected to manifest themselves.


threaded

en-adj

threaded (comparative more threaded, superlative most threaded)

more threaded (comparative)
most threaded (superlative)

a threaded discussion forum

(Internet, not comparable) Of messages: arranged in a thread or threads.


blocking

en-noun

blocking (countable and uncountable, plural blockings)

Examine your matrix map, and make sure that no three keystrokes form a rectangle with a fourth keystroke that will cause you problems. This prevents both ghosting and blocking.

2011, John St. Clair, Project Arcade: Build Your Own Arcade Machine, page 218

(computing) A feature that prevents a keyboard from registering multiple simultaneous keypresses that would cause ghosting.


-adic

Back-formation from monadic, etc., from Ancient Greek -άς (-ás) (genitive -άδος (-ádos)) + -ικός (-ikós) (English -ad + -ic). Compare related adicity and Latinate -ary.
The algebraic sense is by analogy with p-adic, since ℤ₍ₚ₎ equipped with the (p)-adic topology passes to the ring of p-adic numbers under the operation of completion.

(mathematics, computing) Having a specified adicity.


brawler

From Middle English brawler, brawlere, equivalent to brawl + -er.

One who brawls, engages in noisy, unseemly fights.

"Classic brawlers ranging from Double Dragon to Streets of Rage and even Brutal Legend created my initial seed of interest for working on one," Deighan said.

2020, Patrick Hickey Jr., The Minds Behind Adventure Games, page 136

(video games, informal) A beat 'em up game.


stop list

If you equip your search engine with a stop list containing a few common words such as "a", "the", and "and", you can decrease the full-text index size by about 20%.

(computing) A list of words or other data items which, for some special reason, should be ignored or bypassed by a particular data processing operation.


CATIA

(computer graphics) Acronym of computer-aided three-dimensional interactive application.


tethered

Many mobile phones are equipped with software to offer tethered Internet access.

(computing, electronics) connected (especially a mobile phone to a computer, for use as a wireless modem)


pruning

pruning (countable and uncountable, plural prunings)

(computer science) A method of enumeration that allows the cutting out of parts of a decision tree.


locking

(computing) The use of a lock or a mutex to restrict access to a part of the code to at most one process.


scraping

From Middle English scrapinge, equivalent to scrape + -ing.

The practice of scraping the internet is longstanding and was largely disclosed by the companies and nonprofit organizations that did it. But it was not well understood or seen as especially problematic by the companies that owned the data.

2023 July 15, Sheera Frenkel, Stuart A. Thompson, “‘Not for Machines to Harvest’: Data Revolts Break Out Against A.I.”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

(computing) Automated collection of data, data scraping.


forgiving

en-adj

forgiving (comparative more forgiving, superlative most forgiving)

more forgiving (comparative)
most forgiving (superlative)

A good WebApp interface is understandable and forgiving, providing the user with a sense of control. […] Work is carefully and continuously saved, with full option for the user to undo any activity at any time.

2010, Roger S. Pressman, Software Engineering: A Practitioner's Approach, page 336

(computing) User-friendly, such that harmful mistakes are not easily made.


Initialism of Health Level 7, ultimately, a blend of health and the ISO networking model level 7.

(medicine, software) A set of international standards for transfer of clinical and administrative data between software applications used by various healthcare providers.


roaming

en-noun

roaming (countable and uncountable, plural roamings)

(uncountable, computing, telecommunications) The use of a network or service from different locations or devices.

verkkovierailu

using a network or a service from different locations or devices

(uncountable, computing, operating system) Using the OS service of manipulating folders and documents from different PC devices by a registered user.

etäkäyttö

registering a PC and a cycle of {uploading, editing and downloading} from any networked PC


intranet

/ˈɪntɹəˌnɛt/

The operator uses a variety of methods to maximise engagement, including a new and improved intranet that's designed to encourage honest two-way communication between staff and management.

2020 January 2, Paul Stephen, “A great place to work”, in Rail, page 29

(computing) A private computer network, typically one that uses the protocols of the Internet.

內聯網

private computer network that uses the protocols of the Internet


SEM

SEM (countable and uncountable, plural SEMs)

(SEO) Initialism of search engine marketing.

security event management
w:security event manager

(computer security) Initialism of security event management.


stop word

(computing) a word, usually one of a series in a stop list, that is ignored when searches are conducted on a database, search engine, or the like.


god-modding

Misspelling of god mode + -ing (see godmoding)

(video games) Any form of cheating by automatic hits and controlling another player's character implemented by installing a mod in the game.


computer technician

computer technician (plural computer technicians)

(computing) A person who repairs computers, typically both hardware and software.


IBM Pollyanna Principle

From Pollyanna principle, and in reference to the technology company IBM.

e.g. machines should do all the hard work, freeing people to think (hence the reference to Pollyanna)

e.g. most of the world's major problems result from machines that fail to work, and people who fail to think.

The axiom that "machines should work; people should think".


netcentric

en-adj

netcentric (comparative more netcentric, superlative most netcentric)

more netcentric (comparative)
most netcentric (superlative)

(computing) Pertaining to client/server architecture that is used throughout an enterprise's entire lines of business.


code block

(programming) A block of source code, often one that is delimited by brackets or in some similar way, depending on the programming language.


power user

Coordinate term: ubergeek

Whether you already consider yourself a 1-2-3 power user or would like to become one, the fact that you have picked up this book probably qualifies you as a person who will benefit from a guide to the real power of 1-2-3.

1988, E. Michael Lunsford, Peter Antoniak, Power user's guide to 1-2-3, Sybex Inc

(computing) A person who makes heavy use of computers, running many applications and capable of using advanced functionality.

(computing) A computer user who seeks and uses products having the most features and the fastest performance.


offline

en-verb

offline (third-person singular simple present offlines, present participle offlining, simple past and past participle offlined)

offlines (present singular third-person)
offlining (participle present)
offlined (participle past)
offlined (past)

Offlining a memory processor can be accomplished by using the flexible interleaving capability described earlier to interleave segments across subsets of the memory processors, avoiding the faulty one(s).

1986, Kai Hwang, Steven M. Jacobs, Earl E. Swartzlander, Proceedings of the 1986 International Conference on Parallel Processing, page 462

Traditionally, you fixed the problem by offlining the disk and re-creating the disk's extents on a different disk using redundant extent copies and then dropping the failed disk.

2008, Sam Alapati, Expert Oracle Database 11g Administration, page 908

(computing, transitive) To take (a system, etc.) offline; to demote from an active or online state.

(video games, Rust) To raid another player's base while that player is not currently playing.


planking

en-noun

planking (countable and uncountable, plural plankings)

[…] but, like planking, horsemanning, Tebowing, Hadoukening, and other viral photography memes, as a genre of public performance, dance in public is greatly facilitated by the channels of distribution that social media offer, […]

2020, Harmony Bench, Perpetual Motion: Dance, Digital Cultures, and the Common

The practice of lying face down with arms to the sides, in unusual public spaces, and taking photographs to record the act.


data processing

Any of many techniques in which data is retrieved, stored, classified, manipulated, transmitted and/or reported in such a way as to generate information; especially such processing using computers.


DWIM

(computing, humorous) Initialism of do what I mean: a wished-for feature in computer systems, offering magical freedom from the often frustrating discrepancies between one's intentions and the actual effects of a command.


transclude

en-verb

transclude (third-person singular simple present transcludes, present participle transcluding, simple past and past participle transcluded)

transcludes (present singular third-person)
transcluding (participle present)
transcluded (participle past)
transcluded (past)

Transcopyright, Permission to Transclude Publicly.

1999 December, Ted Nelson, “Xanalogical Structure, Needed Now More than Ever: Parallel Documents, Deep Links to Content, Deep Versioning, and Deep Re-Use”, in ACM Computing Surveys, volume 31, number 4es, →DOI

Finally, at the very bottom of the edit window is a list of transcluded pages—generally, but not always, these are templates (page 17).

2008, John Broughton, Wikipedia: The Missing Manual, O'Reilly Media, page 424

That exception is the HTML <IMG> tag–which transcludes an image into the context of the document. The image itself is neither embedded within the document nor copied—it is transcluded.

2012, Julie A. Jacko, editor, Human Computer Interaction Handbook, 3rd edition, CRC Press, page 571

(programming) To substitute a template or other input for its rendered text, such as when parsing wikitext. To include by transclusion. To process fetched data in-line.


keyframe

(computer graphics) A complete video frame, used as a reference for subsequent interframes in video compression.

關鍵格

complete frame used as a reference for interframes


spamming

en-noun

spamming (countable and uncountable, plural spammings)

Any reply perversely tells the spammer that you're a "live one" and that your e-mail address should be kept active for future spammings.

2005, Joel Dubin, The Little Black Book of Computer Security, page 53

(Internet) The act of sending unwanted electronic mail.

hītinitanga

The sending of mass, and generally unwanted, electronic mail


presenter

(computing) A small handheld device used to remotely control a computerised slide show.

software engineering
software engineering

(software engineering) A conceptual layer in GUI-based software that assumes the functionality of the "middleman".

Präsentator

software: GUI software part that assumes the functionality of the "middle-man"


fire and forget

An event aggregator facilitates a fire-and-forget model of communication. The object triggering the event doesn't care if there are any subscribers. It just fires the event and moves on. A mediator, though, might use events to make decisions, but it is definitely not fire and forget.

2013, Addy Osmani, Developing Backbone.js Applications, page 175

Post is a “fire and forget” where the UI thread work is performed asynchronously; Send is synchronous in that the call blocks until the UI thread work has been performed.

2014, Richard Blewett, Andrew Clymer, Pro Asynchronous Programming with .NET, page 25

(programming, attributive) The practice of transmitting or raising something, such as an event, and then proceeding without checking for any result or response.


conversational

en-adj

conversational (comparative more conversational, superlative most conversational)

more conversational (comparative)
most conversational (superlative)

(computing) Involving a two-way exchange of messages, such as between a client and a server.

keskustelu-

(computing) involving a two-way exchange of messages, such as between a client and a server


portal site

(Internet) A website with various features and content of its own, but also with many links to other sites, its aim being that users would make it their home page.


web bug

When a Web bug is programmed into a Web page, its code looks similar to the code for just about any graphic image appearing on that page.

2002, John R. Levine, Ray Everett-Church, Greg Stebben, Internet Privacy For Dummies, Wiley

Google had a web bug on 92 of the top 100 sites, and on 88 per cent of the total domains reported in the data set of almost 400,000 unique domains.

2011, Andrew McStay, The Mood of Information: A Critique of Online Behavioural Advertising, Bloomsbury

(Internet, marketing) A small, usually transparent image added by an advertiser to a webpage (to track its popularity) or email message (to track when it is read).


pharming

From farming, by analogy with earlier phishing.

Our prototype implements a basic pharming attack to selectively misresolve the client domain name requests.

2006, Markus Jakobsson, Steven Myers, Phishing and Countermeasures, page 128

(computing) The redirection of traffic for one website to another, with intent to deceive.


RDRAM

random-access memory
random-access memory#English

(computing) Initialism of Rambus dynamic random-access memory.


SGRAM

(computing) Initialism of synchronous graphics random-access memory.


lightbox

From light + box. In the Internet sense, originally the name of one specific technique.

(Internet) A kind of pop-up that is overlaid across a web page while the rest of the content is dimmed.


CDRAM

cached dynamic random-access memory#English

(computing) Initialism of cached dynamic random-access memory.


subpage

(Internet) A web page that is subordinate to another.

subpàgina

a web page that is subordinate to another


RTS

en-noun

RTS (countable and uncountable, plural RTSs or RTSes or RTS's)

RTSs (plural)
RTSes (plural)
RTS's (plural)

real-time strategy
real-time strategy#English

(video games) Initialism of real-time strategy.


ident

[…] the intruder installed an IRC bot and French ident daemon to reply to IRC servers with a name other than root.

2004, Eoghan Casey, Digital Evidence and Computer Crime

(Internet) A protocol serving to identify the user of a particular TCP connection, used especially on IRC networks.


user experience

user experience (countable and uncountable, plural user experiences)

(computing) The desired, expected, or actual experience of a user interacting with a product, especially as it relates to the design of the product's user interface.


extensibility

extensibility (usually uncountable, plural extensibilities)

(computing) A quality of design that takes possible future advances into consideration and attempts to accommodate them


look and feel

look and feel (countable and uncountable, plural looks and feels)

→ Dutch: look-and-feel

(software, of an application, operating system, etc.) The combination of the visual design and behaviour of a user interface.

впечатле́ние и ощуще́ние

от испо́льзования програ́ммы


Oberon

Earlier Auberon, from Old French Alberon, partial loan translation from Middle High German Alberich, literally ‘elf king, fairy king’, from alp + -rich << Proto-Germanic *rīks.

(computing, operating systems) A general purpose programming language and operating system descended from Modula-2, developed in the late 1980s.


(video games) A Microsoft Xbox 360, a video game console.


golfer

(computing) One who takes part in code golf or regex golf.


player character

player character (plural player characters)

(roleplaying games, video games) A character in a role-playing game whose actions are controlled by a player.


deallocate

en-verb

deallocate (third-person singular simple present deallocates, present participle deallocating, simple past and past participle deallocated)

deallocates (present singular third-person)
deallocating (participle present)
deallocated (participle past)
deallocated (past)

Computer programs should deallocate memory they no longer need, releasing it back to the system.

Similarly, the program deallocates storage for automatic objects when the procedure returns to its caller.

2010, Randall Hyde, The Art of Assembly Language, 2nd edition, No Starch Press, page 267

(transitive, computing) To return previously allocated memory.


character class

en-noun

character class (plural character classes)

(regular expressions) A set of related text characters, such as all alphanumerics or all whitespace.


CRS

CRS (countable and uncountable, plural CRSs)

central reservation system
w:central reservation system

computer reservation system
w:computer reservation system

(computing, aviation, travel) Initialism of central reservation system or computer reservation system.


tabling

(programming) The uses of a table that contains the results of subproblems which can then be used later in the solving of a problem when the same subproblem arises again.


niceness

niceness (countable and uncountable, plural nicenesses)

(computing, Unix) A value determining how much processor time to concede to a running process. (See also nice (verb), renice.)


adoptable

(online gaming) A unique creature for a user to adopt.


heads-up display

heads-up display (plural heads-up displays)


short circuit operator

short circuit operator (plural short circuit operators)

(computing) A logical operator that returns a value as soon as the outcome is certain, without necessarily testing all operands (for example, an OR operator returning true if the first operand evaluates as true, without evaluating the second operand).


head-up display

head-up display (plural head-up displays)

(video games) A display of score, status, etc. superimposed over the playfield.


first-party

a first-party video game; a first-party character; first-party hardware

(computing, hardware, software) Of products, created or published by the company responsible for the platform on which it is released (or its internal developers), as opposed to third-party.


AIM

(Internet, historical, 1997–2017) Initialism of AOL Instant Messenger.


X-ray vision

Whilst it's only been implemented in a "limited capacity" up until now, Krafton says that lobbies using the anti-cheat system saw x-ray vision cheats decrease by "over 50 per cent", and up to 62 per cent "in key regions".

2022 September 25, Vikki Blake, “PUBG Mobile's anti-cheat tech system halves x-ray vision cheaters”, in GamesRadar

(video games) A hack allowing players to see enemies behind walls or other solid objects.


gTLD

generic top-level domain
generic top-level domain#English

(Internet) Initialism of generic top-level domain.


pessimism

pessimism (usually uncountable, plural pessimisms)

Arthur Schopenhauer
Philosophical pessimism
pessimism

From French pessimisme, from Latin pessimus (“worst”), superlative of malus (“bad”).
As a doctrine, from German Pessimismus as used by the German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer in 1819.

(computing) The condition of being pessimal.


vortal

The service is a vortal, which aims to assist SMEs involved in engineering or manufacturing in the East Midlands area around Nottingham. The project builds on the concept of a human-organised regional gateway of information but also incorporates the ideas behind a vortal.

2000, Brian Stanford-Smith, Paul T. Kidd, E-business: Key Issues, Applications and Technologies, page 302

(Internet) A vertical portal; an online resource acting as an entry point for information for a single specific market or subject.


non-player character

non-player character (plural non-player characters)

(roleplaying games, video games) A character in a role-playing game or computer game whose actions are not controlled by a player.

AI

for computer games, but not role-playing games


real-time strategy

(video games) A warfare video game genre usually played from a third-person overhead perspective, which is based on the real-time movement of troops.

reaaliaikainen strategiapeli

video game genre characterised by real-time movement of troops


MMO

massively multiplayer online game#English

(video games) Initialism of massively multiplayer online game.


NPC

NPC (countable and uncountable, plural NPCs)

non-player character
non-player character#English

(roleplaying games, video games) Initialism of non-player character.

Several months ago, users on 4chan and Reddit, the online message forums, started using the term NPC to refer to liberals. These people, they said, join the anti-Trump crowd not because they are led by independent thought or conscience to oppose President Trump’s policies, but because they’re brainwashed sheep who have been conditioned to parrot left-wing orthodoxy, in the manner of a scripted character.]

[2018 October 16, Kevin Roose, “What Is NPC, the Pro-Trump Internet’s New Favorite Insult?”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 2022-12-30

While watching the VOD later, xQc insinuated that Fortnite pro Bucke was an "NPC" who was only there to defend Tate and not give Piker a fair shot – and what resulted afterward has caused quite a stir in its own right.

2022 July 22, Alec Mullins, “NRG Bucke kicks off after xQc calls him an “NPC” for siding with Andrew Tate”, in Dexerto, archived from the original on 2022-09-25

(Internet slang, figuratively) A person with no ability to think for themselves; a sheeple (originally referring to opponents of former US President Donald Trump).

non-printing character
non-printing character#English

(computing) Initialism of non-printing character.


pseudocode

pseudocode (countable and uncountable, plural pseudocodes)

Any format or language that resembles a programming language but is not.


BFG

(video games) Initialism of Big Fucking Gun.


uglify

en-verb

uglify (third-person singular simple present uglifies, present participle uglifying, simple past and past participle uglified)

uglifies (present singular third-person)
uglifying (participle present)
uglified (participle past)
uglified (past)

From ugly + -fy. Sense 3 by analogy with prettify.


javazon

(video games, Diablo II slang) An Amazon character focusing on javelin skills.


greets

greets to […]

I was just considering the term 'lamer' (because of all these ROM D00DZ who I think of as 'emulamers') and I was wondering: is 'lamer' a term that is unique to the C64 scene? I haven't seen in used it other circles, but it sure used to crop up a hell of a lot in demos, cracktro greets, etc.

1998, andreww, “C64 slang”, in comp.emulators.cbm (Usenet)

At this time, I do not really think it was hypocrisis to write "no greets to", or "fucking greets goes to"... The immediate effect was to release some other demoes, proving you're not lame, and that you can beat your "fucker" :)

1999, Mickael Pointier, “Oldskool”, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.demos (Usenet)

(demoscene) Greetings sent to other demosceners, often included in the scrolltext of a demo.


deploy

deploy (third-person singular simple present deploys, present participle deploying, simple past and past participle deployed)

deploys (present singular third-person)
deploying (participle present)
deployed (participle past)
deployed (past)

Borrowed from French déployer (“to unroll, unfold”), from Old French desploiier, itself from des- + ploiier, or possibly from Late Latin displicāre (“to unfold, display”), from Latin dis- (“apart”) + plicare (“to fold”). Doublet of display.

der

The process for the deployment scenario includes: building a master installation of the operating system, creating its image and deploying the image onto a destination computer.

(computing) To install, test and implement a computer system or application.

uitrollen

to install, test and implement a computer system or application


deploy

Rolling back the bad deploy will usually solve the immediate production problem, but your team isn't done yet.

2021, James Shore, Shane Warden, The Art of Agile Development (page 433)


polycount

(computer graphics) The total number of polygons found in a three-dimensional model.


unlink

en-verb

unlink (third-person singular simple present unlinks, present participle unlinking, simple past and past participle unlinked)

unlinks (present singular third-person)
unlinking (participle present)
unlinked (participle past)
unlinked (past)

That's because the permission to unlink a file doesn't depend upon the permission bits on the file itself; it's the permission bits on the directory that contains the file that matter.

2001, Tom Phoenix, Randal L. Schwartz, Learning Perl, "O'Reilly Media, Inc.", page 175

(transitive, computing, Unix) To delete (a file).


internal link

(Internet) A hyperlink that links to a target on the same website (that is, within the same domain); it may be either an interpage link or an intrapage link.


external link

(Internet) A hyperlink that links to another website in a different domain.


nop

The MIPS instruction set is rich in nops, since any instruction with zero as a destination is guaranteed to do nothing.

2004, Patterson et al, Computer Organization and Design: The Hardware/Software Interface
Notice that in computing CPI or IPC, we do not count any nops executed as useful instructions.

(programming) A no-op; a CPU instruction that does nothing.


nop

nop (third-person singular simple present nops, present participle nopping, simple past and past participle nopped)

nops (present singular third-person)
nopping (participle present)
nopped (participle past)
nopped (past)

For example, if there is a CALL 3140 and we want to skip this call, we can NOP it out.

Worse, some patching can result in codes which cannot be executed: for example nopping the load which provides the value for the denominator of a division can result in a division by zero.

2012, Michael W. Berry, Kyle A. Gallivan, Efstratios Gallopoulos, High-Performance Scientific Computing: Algorithms and Applications

(programming) To replace machine code with nop instructions when modifying software.


glob

Possibly a blend of blob + gob or a clipping of globule. An element of sound symbolism is clearly involved: compare such phonetically and semantically similar words as glop, gop, blob, clump and clod. (Still, globe, clump and clod may be related via the Proto-Indo-European root *gel-; compare clew.)
In the programming sense, originates from the early (c. 1970) Unix command glob; short for global.
In the biological sense, proposed by Bevil R. Conway and Doris Y. Tsao, by analogy with the cytochrome-oxidase "blobs" of V1, an earlier stage in the hierarchical elaboration of colour.

(programming) A limited pattern matching technique using wildcards, less powerful than a regular expression.


glob

glob (third-person singular simple present globs, present participle globbing, simple past and past participle globbed)

globs (present singular third-person)
globbing (participle present)
globbed (participle past)
globbed (past)

(programming) To carry out pattern matching using a glob.


Web 2.0

Web and a version number (as used in software). Coined by Darcy DiNucci in 1999.

The first glimmerings of Web 2.0 are beginning to appear, and we are just starting to see how that embryo might develop.

1999, Darcy DiNucci, “Fragmented Future”, in Print, volume 53, number 4, →ISSN, page 220

Web 2.0 was the logical consequence of the Internet going mainstream, weaving itself into everyday life and presenting new opportunities as millions of people rushed online.

2014, Astra Taylor, The People's Platform: Taking Back Power and Culture in the Digital Age, Henry Holt and Company

(Internet) The second generation of the World Wide Web, especially the movement away from static webpages to dynamic and shareable content, social networking, and online collaboration.


necropost

necropost (third-person singular simple present necroposts, present participle necroposting, simple past and past participle necroposted)

necroposts (present singular third-person)
necroposting (participle present)
necroposted (participle past)
necroposted (past)

Much like your power of necroposting a thread long considered dead.

2003 January 5, Louis M. Brown, “Usenet”, in alt.tv.star-trek.enterprise (Usenet)

After being away from Usenet for a few days (apologies for the necroposting), I had some time to think about this.

2005 February 23, Chris Hafner, “Usenet”, in alt.sports.football.pro.sea-seahawks (Usenet)

I'm a moderator at a realiiity TV forum and necroposting is tolerated there so long as it isn't a sore topic that the mods hoped people would ignore

2005 June 6, Richard V. Lamb, “Usenet”, in rec.arts.anime.misc (Usenet)

(Internet, slang, transitive, intransitive) To post to a long, inactive discussion thread on a forum.


data table

(computing) Any display of information in tabular form, with rows and/or columns named

(databases) A table stored in, or derived from, a database.


SDA

Speed Demos Archive
wikipedia:Speed Demos Archive

(video games) Initialism of Speed Demos Archive.


pickup

en-noun

pickup (countable and uncountable, plural pickups)

Chinese:

→ Mandarin: 皮卡 (píkǎ)

→ Finnish: pick-up

→ French: pick-up, pickup

→ German: Pickup

→ Indonesian: pikap

→ Japanese: ピックアップ (pikkuappu)

desc

→ Khmer: ភីកអាប់ (pʰiik’ap), ពីកឺប (piikəɨp)

→ Korean: 픽업 (pigeop)

→ Portuguese: pickup, pick-up, picape (Brazil)

→ Russian: пика́п (pikáp)

→ Spanish: pickup, picop

→ Thai: ปิคอัพ (bpìk-àp)

→ Turkish: pikap

→ Uyghur: پىكاپ (pikap)

Every step of the way you come across absolutely loads of aliens, pick-ups and new and weird obstacles to overcome.

1991, James Leach, Turrican II (video game review) in Your Sinclair issue 69

Enter the graveyard if you want pick-ups, otherwise make a left under the archways to progress. When the pathway ends, you'll see two blocked-off tunnels and a switch between them.

2002, Acclaim Entertainment, Turok Evolution: The official strategy guide, page 73

(video games) An item that can be picked up by the player, conferring some benefit or effect; a power-up.


spreadsheet

The program's most quintessentially Macintoshian feature, one as yet unique among spreadsheets, is its icon bar, which resides at the top of the screen just below the standard menu bar.

1985 September 15, Erik Snadberg-Diment, “Number Crunching on the Macintosh”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

(computing) A computer application for organization, analysis, and storage of data in tabular form.


courseware

en-noun

courseware (countable and uncountable, plural coursewares)

(computing) Educational software or documents in computerized form that facilitate course-based learning and teaching.


tokenizer

(computing) A system that parses an input stream into its component tokens.


canonicalize

en-verb

canonicalize (third-person singular simple present canonicalizes, present participle canonicalizing, simple past and past participle canonicalized)

canonicalizes (present singular third-person)
canonicalizing (participle present)
canonicalized (participle past)
canonicalized (past)

(transitive, computing) To convert (data) into canonical form.


Eureka step

(computing, mathematics) A flash of insight that cracks a problem and paves the way to a solution.


bare-bones

en-adj

bare-bones (comparative more bare-bones, superlative most bare-bones)

more bare-bones (comparative)
most bare-bones (superlative)

Emil bought a bare-bones rig and a new CPU at the computer show, then popped in his old hard drive.

(computing) Describes a computer sold pre-assembled, but without certain essential components, often a processor, memory, and hard drive.


serialize

en-verb

serialize (third-person singular simple present serializes, present participle serializing, simple past and past participle serialized)

serializes (present singular third-person)
serializing (participle present)
serialized (participle past)
serialized (past)

(computing) To convert an object into a sequence of bytes that can later be converted back into an object with equivalent properties.

serialitzar

convert an object into a byte sequence that can be converted back


clickable

c. 1943 (entertainment), c. 1965 (manufacturing), c. 1985 (computing) click + -able

Putting a clickable link in your post is easy.

(computing) Causing some action to occur when clicked with a mouse or other pointing device.


clickable

The design strategy was to boil down the story's 17 pages to simple language, 5 sing-along songs and 5 games, with about 100 total clickables throughout the program.

1993, Children's Software Revue, volumes 1-4, page 13

graphical user interface
graphical user interface

(computing, graphical user interface) Any element that can be clicked by the user.


unwrite

unwrite (third-person singular simple present unwrites, present participle unwriting, simple past unwrote, past participle unwritten)

unwrites (present singular third-person)
unwriting (participle present)
unwrote (past)
unwritten (participle past)

To eliminate this nonadiabatic energy loss, we need to change the cell state into a known state before writing a new data, which is called a unwrite operation.

2005, ACM Special Interest Group on Design Automation, IEEE Circuits and Systems Society, IEEE Solid-State Circuits Society, ISLPED'05

(transitive, computing) To revert to a known state in so that new data can be written.


buttery

en-adj

buttery (comparative butterier, superlative butteriest)

butterier (comparative)
butteriest (superlative)

From Middle English buttry, equivalent to butter + -y. Piecewise doublet of butyric, butter ultimately being from Latin būtȳrum and -y being a doublet of -ic.

(see title)

2014 October 30, Greg Kumparak, “YouTube Can Now Play Videos At A Buttery 60 Frames Per Second”, in Tech Crunch

These include improved textures and character models plus a new buttery frame rate as the game gets boosted to 1080p resolution and animation of 60 frames per second. Stylish.

2015 April 28, Jason Hidalgo, “Shout at the devil: DmC Devil May Cry Definitive Edition review”, in Reno Gazette Journal

I dipped a few of the Nvidia-specific settings since I prefer smooth, buttery frame rate, but that’s impressive in itself given it’s the only game this year to make that happen.

2015 November 19, Hayden Dingman, “Assassin’s Creed Syndicate PC review impressions: This gorgeous, mostly smooth game is no Unity”, in PC World

For video, setting a higher frame rate, like 60 frames per second, means having the ability for getting nicer, buttery, silky-smooth, slow motion—if you're into that sort of thing.

That frame rate is buttery. Your computer has an excellent graphics card, Masato

2018, Dachima Inaka, Do You Love Your Mom and Her Two-Hit Multi-Target Attacks?

So, if you're looking to play PC games with a buttery frame rate, these monitors are ready to deliver a great experience, and it gets even better when paired with Nvidia’s G-Sync or AMD’s FreeSync.

2021 December 12, Mark Knapp, Matt Elliot, “Best 1080p Gaming Monitors 2021”, in IGN

(computing, video games) Short for buttery smooth.


address space

(computing) A range of discrete addresses, all the address locations available in a particular, named, subset of a computer's (virtual or real) memory.


definition list

en-noun

definition list (plural definition lists)

An HTML structure consisting of a number of tags intended to present a set of pairs of terms and their definitions as a list.


relational

en-adj

relational (comparative more relational, superlative most relational)

more relational (comparative)
most relational (superlative)

From relation + -al. The database sense is from the definition of relation as a set of ordered tuples.

(databases) Of a database technology using tables and adhering to Codd’s 12 rules.

relační

relating to, using, or being a method of organizing data in a database


*nix

Apparently from the wildcard *, indicating any sequence of characters, and Unix and Linux.

Linux, Mac OS X, AIX, Solaris, and DG/UX are examples of *nixes.

(computing, Internet) Unix and various other similar and/or compatible operating systems.


space request

(computing) a parameter (in some file systems) that specifies the storage space required for a new file


space suppression

(computing, printing) The suppression of the normal advancement of paper in a printer after printing a line of text.


pacifism

en-noun

pacifism (countable and uncountable, plural pacifisms)

From French pacifisme, from pacifique; pacific + -ism.

(video games, roguelikes) The additional challenge of winning a game without harming any enemy characters.

pacifizëm

doctrine that disputes should be settled without violence


fsck

fsck (countable and uncountable, plural fscks)

(computing) A *nix file system check to detect damage to, or corruption of, files or filesystem structures.


fsck

(computing) The tool, fsck, that performs a fsck.


fsck

en-verb

fsck (third-person singular simple present fscks, present participle fscking, simple past and past participle fscked)

fscks (present singular third-person)
fscking (participle present)
fscked (participle past)
fscked (past)

(computing, transitive) To run fsck on; to perform a fsck on.


fsck

At some point in your Linux career you should ask yourself:
"If there are 3.4 million successful, happy Mandrake users...what the fsck is wrong with me?"

2002, David D. Huff Jr., “Re: Mandrake 8.2 Musings”, in alt.os.linux.mandrake (Usenet)

What the fsck are you on?

2002, Lev Lafayette, “Re: "We are all Africans under the Skin"”, in alt.politics.nationalism.white (Usenet)

2003, Agelmar, Re: SSH problem, alt.roundtable, http://groups.google.com/group/alt.roundtable/msg/789b5801baee1417?dmode=source
At least I know what the fsck is going on with Slack...

(computing, Internet slang, text messaging, vulgar, euphemistic) Fuck.


malloc

It compares the behavior of nine different mallocs when used with Hummingbird and GNU Emacs dynamic memory activity traces.

2001, USENIX Association, Proceedings of the FREENIX Track: 2001 USENIX Annual Technical Conference

dynamic memory allocation
dynamic memory allocation

(computing) A subroutine in the C programming language's standard library for performing dynamic memory allocation.


malloc

malloc (third-person singular simple present mallocs, present participle mallocing, simple past and past participle malloced)

mallocs (present singular third-person)
mallocing (participle present)
malloced (participle past)
malloced (past)

(computing) To allocate memory using the C programming language malloc subroutine.


overwrite

overwrite (third-person singular simple present overwrites, present participle overwriting, simple past overwrote, past participle overwritten)

overwrites (present singular third-person)
overwriting (participle present)
overwrote (past)
overwritten (participle past)

/əʊ.vəˈɹaɪt/

I accidentally saved my unwanted changes and overwrote the version of the document I wanted to keep.

(transitive, computing) To destroy (older) data by recording new data over it.


overwrite

/əʊ.vəˈɹaɪt/

Tab to the number specifying the number of overwrites and enter a number between 1 and 9.

2014, Bruce Middleton, Conducting Network Penetration and Espionage in a Global Environment

(computing) The operation of destroying older data by recording new data over it.


WAMP

(Internet software) Initialism of Windows, Apache, MySQL, and PHP — a popular combination of software for use as a web server.


space bar

Hand position is best secured by dropping the fourth fingers upon P and Q and making the other fingers fall naturally upon the next figures in order, P O I U, for right hand, and Q W E R for the left; then place the right thumb on the space bar, and if the elbows are close to the body, a good hand position is attained.

1893, Bates Torrey, Instuction in Practical Shorthand, page 276

(computing) A key, in the shape of a bar, near the bottom of a keyboard, that generates a space character when pressed.


information integrity

(computing) The accuracy, consistency and reliability of the information content, processes and systems, especially with regard to database corruption.


content wrangling

content management system
content management system

(computing) All the various tasks associated with content management systems, especially the preparation of documents for posting on a website.


content management system

en-noun

content management system (plural content management systems)

(computing) A computer software system for organizing and facilitating collaborative creation of documents and other content, especially for loading to a website


EMU

EMU (countable and uncountable, plural EMUs)

English metric unit
English metric unit#English

(computing) Initialism of English metric unit (“1/360,000-th of a centimetre, or, 1/914400-th of an inch”).


workspace

(computing) A file (or system of files) in which related software and data can be manipulated or developed in isolation from others.

työtila

computing: A file (or system of files) in which related software and data can be manipulated

Unlike other Microsoft Office applications, Access doesn't automatically display an empty workspace when you start the program.

2011, June Jamrich Parsons, Dan Oja, Donna Mulder, Practical Microsoft Office 2010, page 128

(computing, graphical user interface) An empty portion of the screen or window that serves as a container for other windows or objects.

(computing, graphical user interface) Any of the screens that can be switched between in a virtual desktop.


digital divide

As schools were closed, the digital divide meant that more affluent families with computers, iPads and good internet connections had a very different home educational (and informational, social and entertainment) situation than families without these amenities.

2020 April 17, Rebecca Solnit, “Coronavirus does discriminate, because that’s what humans do”, in The Guardian

information technology
information technology

(information technology, sociology, neologism) The gap between those with regular, effective access to digital technologies (and the computer literacy to use them) and those without it.


printer buffer

(computing) A hardware or software device that stores a stream of data to be printed until a printer is ready to process it.


built-in function

built-in function (plural built-in functions)

(computing) Any function that is provided as part of a high-level language and can be executed by a simple reference with specification of arguments


cofunction

(programming) A costatement that takes the form of a function and can accept parameters and return a value.


WR

(sports, speedrunning) Initialism of world record.


white space

white space (countable and uncountable, plural white spaces)

* (free time): Suggesting unfilled spaces on a calendar or schedule.

(computer science, uncountable) A contiguous collection of one or more characters that each represents horizontal or vertical space in typography.

bílý znak

single character or series of characters


functor

object-oriented programming
object-oriented programming

(object-oriented programming) A function object.

funktio-olio

object-oriented programming: function object

functional programming
functional programming

(functional programming) A structure allowing a function to apply within a generic type, in a way that is conceptually similar to a functor in category theory.


function code

(computing) Any character used to specify a function of a piece of software or hardware (such as carriage return of a printer)


function multiplier

function multiplier (plural function multipliers)

An electronic analog computing device that accepts as input two periodic functions and outputs their mathematical product


function-evaluation routine

function-evaluation routine (plural function-evaluation routines)

(computing) A program, module or subroutine etc that returns the value of a defined function


Ctrl

Press Ctrl-Alt-Del to restart the computer.

(computing) Abbreviation of control key.

Strg

abbreviation on the control key on a keyboard


shift key

First use appears c. 1883 in the listing of U.S. Patents.

(computing) A key on a personal computer or terminal keyboard used to effect the same function, or to change the function of the function keys.


function key

First use appears c. 1930 in the listing of U.S. Patents.

(computing) Any of a set of keys on a personal computer or terminal keyboard used to activate a predefined or programmable function, especially a numbered row of keys (F1, F2, etc.) above the alphanumeric keys.

funktionstast

computing: key that activates a function


alt key

First use appears c. 1964 on the computer keyboard of the PDP-6 TECO.

(computing) A key on a personal computer or terminal keyboard used in combination to alter the function of other keys.


control key

First use appears c. 1978 in the publication Practical Computing.

(computing, computer hardware) A key on a personal computer or terminal keyboard used in combination to modify the function of other keys; normally labelled "Ctrl".


screen capture

A picture or image captured from a computer screen; a screenshot.


DYK

DYK that Ricky Ledee, son of the Sonora Poncena singer Tonito Ledee, who died in an automobile accident, is a promising baseball player in the New York Yankee top minor league team, Columbus?

1997, FFigue3292, “Did you know?”, in rec.music.afro-latin (Usenet)

(Internet, text messaging) Initialism of did you know?


mashup

From mash (“to convert into a mash; to mix thoroughly”) + up.

(informal) Something consisting of two or more elements combined together.

(chiefly computing, slang) A derivative work consisting of two or more pieces of (generally digital) media joined together, such as a video clip with a different soundtrack applied for humorous effect, or a map overlaid with user-supplied data.

Mashup

derivative work consisting of two or more pieces of media joined together

This app is a mashup mixing news from the BBC and maps from Google.

(Internet) A Web application that combines data and/or functionality from more than one source.


GUID

(computing) Acronym of globally unique identifier.


astral plane

Emoji are in the astral plane.

If your application works with MathML, or in various languages whose character sets gained support in Unicode 3.1 through the so-called Astral Planes, you will need to know that what Java calls a char is not really the same thing as a Unicode character or an XML character.

2002, David Brownell, SAX2, O'Reilly Media, page 110

The answer was UTF-16. Two blocks of 16-bit values were set aside for use as special values for encoding astral plane characters.

2002, Lars Marius Garshol, “Re: Stupid Unicode/UTF-16 Question”, in comp.text.xml (Usenet)

UTF-16 encodes every character from O—65535 as 2 bytes; it then uses some dirty hacks if you actually need to represent the rarely used astral plane Unicode characters beyond 65535.

2009, Mark Pilgrim, Dive Into Python 3, Apress, page 55

The astral planes include some such characters, notably in the CJK extensions, without which it is impossible to write some people's names correctly.

2011, Tom Anderson, “Efficient unicode string implementation was: Re: Why No Supplemental Characters In Character Literals?”, in comp.lang.java.programmer (Usenet)

Such characters are in the so-called “Astral Planes,” with a code point above U+FFFF.

2011, David Hunter, Jeff Rafter, et al. (6 other authors), Beginning XML, John Wiley & Sons, page 134

But not all codepoints are used equally. Those in the "astral plane", for example, are used rarely, so the vast majority of the time you would be using twice as much memory as strictly necessary.

2012, MRAB, “Re: Py 3.3, unicode / upper()”, in comp.lang.python (Usenet)

Let's assume you want to display a Unicode character via JavaScript that is in an astral plane (obviously, there is a risk when doing so: not all fonts support all such characters).

2014, Axel Rauschmayer, Speaking JavaScript, O'Reilly Media, page 364

(computing, slang, humorous) A Unicode plane (range of code points) above the Basic Multilingual Plane; any plane beyond U+FFFF.


enterprisey

en-adj

enterprisey (comparative more enterprisey, superlative most enterprisey)

more enterprisey (comparative)
most enterprisey (superlative)

Because of its built-in support for many advanced features, TorqueBox is often distinguished as enterprise-grade software. But it does this without many of the drawbacks programmers often associate with “enterprisey” things.

2016, Joe Kutner, Deploying with JRuby 9k: Deliver Scalable Web Apps Using the JVM, Pragmatic Bookshelf

(computing slang, often derogatory) Of, pertaining to, or resembling the sort of software that would be developed for a large commercial enterprise.


keypunch

In an admirable combination of the skills of the scientist and the sensitivity of the artist, he mapped hundreds of thousands of images through a keypunch data-processing system and then tried to understand the meanings of the patterns that emerged independent of his own classifications.

1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 107

(computing) A mechanical device whose keys are pressed, individually or in combination, to punch holes in punched cards or paper tape that correspond to particular characters.

(computing) An electric machine with a keyboard that has the same function.


mathematical function program

en-noun

mathematical function program (plural mathematical function programs)

(computing) Any of a set of subroutines supplied with a language or system that can be called to perform standard mathematical functions efficiently


LSI

LSI (countable and uncountable, plural LSIs)

latent semantic indexing
w:latent semantic indexing

(computing) Initialism of latent semantic indexing.


malfunction routine

malfunction routine (plural malfunction routines)

(computing) Any program or subroutine responsible for troubleshooting problems.


predefined function

predefined function (plural predefined functions)

programming language
programming language

(computing) Any of a set of subroutines that perform standard mathematical functions included in a programming language; either included in a program at compilation time, or called when a program is executed


PHY

(computing) An electronic circuit implementing the physical layer of the OSI model.


programmed function key

programmed function key (plural programmed function keys)

programmed function keys (plural)
PF key (abbreviation)

(computing) A function key whose function can be assigned by the user or by a program.


restricted function

restricted function (plural restricted functions)

(computing) A function used in an operating system that is not available to application programs.


application program

application program (plural application programs)

(computing) A computer program written to solve a particular problem or to be used in a particular user-defined application.


recursive function

recursive function (plural recursive functions)

Computable function
Recursion (computer science)

(computing) Any function that uses recursion and can call itself until a certain condition is met.


random function

random function (plural random functions)

(mathematics, computing) A function whose formula is always the same, but whose initial value is chosen at random from a set of possible values (its domain).

probability distribution
probability distribution

(computing) A function that returns a random or pseudo-random value that is distributed according to a specific probability distribution associated with the function.


user-defined function

user-defined function (plural user-defined functions)

(computing) A program or subroutine, provided by the user rather than being built into the system, that may return a value and may take input parameters.


MathML

Abbreviation of mathematical markup language.

abbrev

(mathematics, computing) An XML-based markup language for defining the appearance and meaning of mathematical formulae.


piconet

(computing) a small computer network using Bluetooth protocols


chooser

From Middle English *chosere, cheoser, chesere, cheosere, equivalent to choose + -er.

a file chooser; a colour chooser

(graphical user interface) A user interface element allowing something to be selected from a list or group.


e-learning

Learning conducted via electronic media, especially via the Internet.


microbrowser

(computing) Any relatively small web browser designed for use on a mobile phone or similar technology


always-on

(computing) continuously connected to the Internet e.g. by broadband


weblogging

(computing) The design and editing of a weblog; blogging


cybersquatter

(Internet) A person who participates in cybersquatting


orbiting

(slang, neologism, Internet, social media) The act or practice of ceasing communication with another person, but continuing to follow them or interact with them on social media.


dial-up

dial-up networking

In dial-up networking, both your PC and the remote system run network-protocol (called TCP/IP) software. When your PC dials up and sets up a communication path, the network protocols exchange data packets over that dial-up connection.

2004, Naba Barkakati, “Setting Up Dial-Up Networking”, in Red Hat Fedora Linux 2 All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies, John Wiley & Sons, page 285

(computing, of a connection to a network) Requiring a telephone number to be dialed.


dial-up

(computing) A network connection that requires a telephone number to be dialed.


webliography

Currently, there is no standard and specific format for developing a webliography. Some existing webliographies simply include a number of Web links that appear as “patchworks.”

2008, Lawrence A. Tomei, Encyclopedia of Information Technology Curriculum Integration, IGI Global, page 959

(The O.E.D. might have gone overboard by including a couple of iffy web-words: webliography, for a Web-based bibliography, and webmeister, a silly alternative to webmaster.)]

[2010 November 11, Ben Zimmer, “Web”, in The New York Times Magazine

A list of electronic documents or websites that relate to a particular subject, especially one used in a scholarly work.


cybersquatting

Maybe a little broad in your interpretation? Dilution would not have existed in this case if Toeppen were not in the "business" of cybersquatting? The statute does not allow noncommercial use to "dilute", but when a domain name owner suggests money may be taken for the domain name, a problem is created for the DNO, right? This may be a large trap for attorneys advising in this area.

1996, Jeff Kuester, “re: They want to take scooby.com away!”, in misc.int-property (Usenet)

(Internet) The registration of a well-known brand or company name as an Internet domain name in the hope of selling it at a later date.

kiberskvottinq

registration of a well-known brand or company name as an Internet domain name in the hope of selling it later

The day after the issuance of the interlocutory injunction he was interviewed by a StarPhoenix reporter as part of a larger article on "Cybersquatting" as the domain name game has come to be called.

2003, D'Anne Davis, Maria Koroneos, “Property” (chapter VIII), in Business Law in Canada Casebok, 4th edition, Toronto, Canada: Prentice Hall (Pearson), Passing Off (section 3), page 211

(Internet) A form of passing off, often with the intent referred to in the first sense above.


blogging

(computing) The design and editing of a blog; weblogging.


superstring

From super- + string. In physics sense: Back-formation from superstring theory, which is a shorthand for supersymmetric string theory.

Given the superstring "cathode", we can extract the substrings "cat", "hod", and "ode".

(computing) The string (sequence of text characters) that contains a substring.


extranet

(computing) A private computer network that uses Internet protocols and can be accessed by authorized individuals via the Internet.

ekstranet

private computer network accessed via the Internet


webcam

And while the Webcams focused on street scenes and other public gathering spots do seem to occupy an uncertain status as a new medium, they perhaps raise an ethical question: Is this the cinéma vérité of cyberspace or is it private surveillance?

1996 April 29, Steve Lohr, “Dining Out in Manhattan: How to See and Be Seen”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, page D24

As Covid-19 lockdowns took effect around the world, millions turned to remote working and organising virtual hangouts with friends. Overnight, webcams went from mundane computer accessories to gold dust.

2020 July 25, Chris Baraniuk, “No end to Covid-19 webcam shortage”, in BBC News

(computing, photography) A video camera whose output may be viewed in real time over a computer network, originally the World Wide Web.


volatility

en-noun

volatility (countable and uncountable, plural volatilities)

(computing, uncountable) The state of not retaining data in the absence of power.

энергозависимый

о компьютерной памяти


UTSL

A pun on Obi-Wan Kenobi's "Use the Force, Luke!" in Star Wars.

(Internet) Initialism of use the source, Luke.


cybershop

(Internet) A website that allows users to browse and then order products or services via the Internet.


cybercafé

The notion of a cybercafe—a place for Net surfers to socialize on a tide of gourmet coffee—is at odds with how most people want to use computers, even in their leisure time.

1998 April 16, Michel Marriott, “The Sad Ballad Of the Cybercafe”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

Most recently, the rattiest old cybercafes in Queens have been shut down, following too-frequent fights among hotheaded video-game patrons. And the once-glamorous @Cafe in Manhattan was already boarded up by 1998!

2008 November 7, Virginia Heffernan, “The Cybercafe Lives”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

(dated) A café in which customers may access the Internet, play video games etc.


documentarian

From documentary + -an.
From document + -arian.

After you have gone through all these steps, you are ready to tackle your company's documentation problems. You have also become an experienced systems documentarian...

1976 September 20, Joseph T. Rigo, “Personal initiative only way to learn documentation?”, in Computerworld, page 19

Have you considered hiring a technical writer or documentarian to assist in the production of user manuals?

1981 October 12, Larry E. Long, “What makes a DP author different?”, in Computerworld, page 41

A person who writes software documentation.


text box

(computing, graphical user interface) A rectangular widget that accepts textual input on an interactive electronic display.


billboard

→ Polish: billboard

أَفِيش

large advertisement along side of highway

(computer graphics) A sprite that always faces the screen, no matter which direction it is looked at from.


HM

Hindley-Milner
Hindley-Milner type system#English

(computing theory) Initialism of Hindley-Milner.


hypermedia

From hyper- + media, coined by American information technologist, philosopher, and sociologist Ted Nelson in 1965.

coin

From the `70s onwards, Muffler, de Sola Pool and other gurus attempted to prove that the advent of hypermedia would paradoxically involve a return to the economic liberalism of the past.

1995 September, Richard Barbrook, Andy Cameron, “The Californian Ideology”, in Mute, volume 1, number 3, →ISSN

(computing) The use of text, data, graphics, audio and video as elements of an extended hypertext system in which all elements are linked so that the user can move among them at will.


generics

(computing, programming) The use of templates etc. to create generic source code that can be used in many situations.


cons

Meronyms: car, cdr

(programming) A data structure in Lisp that is a pair of pointers, car and cdr, used mainly for lists.


cons

en-verb

cons (third-person singular simple present conses, present participle consing, simple past and past participle consed)

conses (present singular third-person)
consing (participle present)
consed (participle past)
consed (past)

This version of length arises naturally from the recursive definition of a list: “a list is either the empty list or an element consed onto another list.”

1992, Peter Norvig, Paradigms of Artificial Intelligence Programming: Case Studies in Common Lisp, Morgan Kaufmann, page 62

(programming) To obtain a list from a cons or a nesting of conses; to prepend an element to a list by forming a cons of that element and the list; to obtain a list from a smaller one by repeated application of such kind of prepending.


user-friendly

en-adj

user-friendly (comparative user-friendlier or more user-friendly, superlative user-friendliest or most user-friendly)

user-friendlier (comparative)
more user-friendly (comparative)
user-friendliest (superlative)
most user-friendly (superlative)

In the past few years, product engineers have infused the basic telephone with lots of high-tech, razzle-dazzle, and user friendly innovations such as speed dialing, automatic redial, speakerphones, cordless phones, hold buttons, and dialing memories.

1994 May, Gary Turbak, “The Phone Phenomenon”, in The Rotarian, volume 164, number 5, page 31

(chiefly computing) Designed to be easy for an untrained user to use, with intuitive ordering of steps, consistent and logical placement of controls, etc.

使用者の使いやすい

しようしゃのつかいやすい


whiteout

en-noun

whiteout (countable and uncountable, plural whiteouts)

(computing) The simulated erasure of a file, etc. on a read-only volume.


GDI

Graphics Device Interface
w:en:Graphics Device Interface

(computing, Microsoft, Microsoft Windows) Initialism of Graphics Device Interface.


expando

Perhaps a short form of expandable object.

Because JavaScript objects are not constrained to predefined interfaces as they are with .NET objects, you can set expando properties on any object.

2009, Ted Pattison, Daniel Larson, Inside Microsoft Windows Sharepoint Services 3.0

I talk more about expandos in Chapter 10. This means that you can arbitrarily add new properties to an object whenever you want.

2010, Alexei White, JavaScript Programmer's Reference

(programming) A property added to an object at run-time.


package management system

package management system (plural package management systems)

In Red Hat, use the glint package management system and the Applications subdirectory to locate the font files.

1999, Bernice Sacks Lipkin, Latex for Linux

It is, however, weak on configuration amenities for newcomers, and it uses no package management system comparable to RPM or Debian's package manager, so it is more difficult to maintain.

2000, Roderick W Smith, The Multi-Boot Configuration Handbook

If your system uses a package management system, you can query that system's database to see if the attr package and its associated library, libattr, are installed.

2006, Bill Von Hagen, Brian K Jones, Linux Server Hacks: Tips & Tools for Connecting, Monitoring, and Troubleshooting

(computing) A package manager: the tool used by an operating system to manage software installation.


predictive text

(computing) A system for inputting text on a device where individual buttons correspond to several characters that attempts to guess which word was intended (typically out of a writable vocabulary), as opposed to a system where disambiguation is achieved through repeated presses of the same key.

[…] whereas before it more akin to a typewriter, nowadays, with built in functions such as spelling check and predictive text, Microsoft Word has evolved to the point where it appears to “know” what you would like to do.

2012, Anthony Elliott, Routledge Handbook of Identity Studies, page 138

(computing) A system, as in a word processor, that attempts to predict and autocomplete the text being typed.

词组联想

function on certain text messaging software


sticky bit

(computing) A flag applied to an inode, formerly indicating that an executable program should be kept in memory after it terminates, but on modern systems used to determine which users can rename or delete the files in a directory.


chained

(computing, of data items) Linked in a chain.


modeler

(computing) a computer program that simulates a physical system

(computing) a computer program that generates a three-dimensional representation of an object or system


initiator

(computing) A task (in a mainframe computer) that initiates multiple jobs.


nerfed

en-adj

nerfed (comparative more nerfed, superlative most nerfed)

more nerfed (comparative)
most nerfed (superlative)

(slang, video games) Crippled; made weak or worse.


staging

en-noun

staging (countable and uncountable, plural stagings)

(programming, uncountable) An environment for testing that exactly resembles a production environment.


uncommented

Uncommented source code can be difficult to understand.

(computing) Not annotated with comments.


paren

(informal, especially computing) A parenthesis (bracket used to enclose parenthetical material in text).


rebase

en-verb

rebase (third-person singular simple present rebases, present participle rebasing, simple past and past participle rebased)

rebases (present singular third-person)
rebasing (participle present)
rebased (participle past)
rebased (past)

(computing) To modify core data from which other data is derived in such a way that the final meaning is unchanged.

When a DLL must be loaded at an address different from its preferred address (because the preferred address is unavailable), the kernel must rebase the DLL, which consists of updating (fixing up) all addresses in the DLL so that they refer to its new location in memory.

(computing, transitive) To change the base address of.

(computing, source control) To integrate changes by appending them to another commit or branch, rather than pulling or merging in changes from a branch.


static site

Typical examples of static sites include small-business web sites that serve as online brochures.

(Internet) A website that does not make use of server-side scripting or coding to display information, and thus has no interactivity beyond the user's choice of hyperlink to follow.


WYCIWYG

(Internet, acronym) What you cache is what you get: A URI scheme specific to the Mozilla family of web browsers which indicates that a link should be preferentially fetched from cache instead of from the web server.


diddle

diddle (third-person singular simple present diddles, present participle diddling, simple past and past participle diddled)

diddles (present singular third-person)
diddling (participle present)
diddled (participle past)
diddled (past)

→ Kashubian: dydlowac (United States)

From dialectal duddle (“to trick”) (16th century), and diddle, duddle (“to totter”) (17th century), perhaps dissimilated from dialectal didder, dither (“to shake, tremble”), from Middle English dideren (“to shake, quiver, tremble”) and Middle English bididren (“to seduce, deceive”), from Old English bedidrian, bedyderian (“to trick, deceive”). Compare also Saterland Frisian diedelje (“to play or sing without a melody”), Dutch bedodden, bedotten (“to trick, fool, diddle”), German Low German Diedeldentjes (“pranks, pranking”). Possibly influenced or reinforced by the name (which itself was probably chosen as an allusion to duddle) of the swindling character Jeremy Diddler in Kenney's Raising the Wind (1803).
Meaning "to have sex with" is from the 19th century; "to masturbate" is from the 1950s. Compare dildo.

cog

Coordinate term: twiddle

(transitive, computing, slang) To manipulate a value at the level of individual bits (binary digits).


segment

From Latin segmentum (“a piece cut off, a strip, segment of the earth, a strip of tinsel”), from secāre (“to cut”).

der

(computing) A region of memory or a fragment of an executable file designated to contain a particular part of a program.

segmentti

computing: region of memory or a fragment of an executable file designated to contain a particular part of a program


sudo

Originally understood as a blend of superuser + do, now has evolved to be an abbreviation of substitute user, do.

(computing) A Unix command that allows a user to run a program with the security privileges of another user.


sudo

en-verb

sudo (third-person singular simple present sudos, present participle sudoing, simple past and past participle sudoed)

sudos (present singular third-person)
sudoing (participle present)
sudoed (participle past)
sudoed (past)


pseudonymous

en-adj

pseudonymous (not generally comparable, comparative more pseudonymous, superlative most pseudonymous)

more pseudonymous (comparative)
most pseudonymous (superlative)

From Latin pseudōnymus, from Ancient Greek ψευδώνῠμος (pseudṓnumos). By surface analysis, pseudonym + -ous.

(computing, law) Pertaining to pseudonymization.


dead link

(Internet) An HTML hypertext link that points to a webpage or website that is permanently unavailable.

dødt link

hypertext link that points to a webpage that is permanently unavailable


remailer

(computing) An email service that forwards on the text of emails without identifying information, as a means of providing anonymous email.


subshell

(computing) A child process launched by a shell.


compression ratio

en-noun

compression ratio (plural compression ratios)

(computing) The ratio of the size of compressed data to the size of the original uncompressed data.

kompressionsforhold

the ratio of the size of compressed data to uncompressed data


HTTPd

(Internet) Initialism of HyperText Transfer Protocol daemon (a Unix web server that is able to handle HTTP and HTTPS requests.)


endgame

(video games) The gameplay available in a massively multiplayer online role-playing game for players who have completed all of the preset challenges.


clean up

en-verb

clean up (third-person singular simple present cleans up, present participle cleaning up, simple past and past participle cleaned up)

cleans up (present singular third-person)
cleaning up (participle present)
cleaned up (participle past)
cleaned up (past)

The key here is to stop third partying and start cleaning up. Running to the first bullets you hear will only guarantee one thing, a fight. […] Cleaning up means only swooping in for the free kills. Is a fight over? Does Octane has his hands in a deathbox? That is when you take the zipline and catch them with their pants down.

2020 June 23, Jackson Haime, “Becoming a Legend: 4 Easy Ways to Climb in Apex Legends”, in Medium

(video games) To intervene in a fight between two players at low health and easily kill both of them or the winner.


synchronizer

(computing theory) An algorithm that can be applied to a synchronous distributed algorithm to produce a version that operates in asynchronous networks.


one-shot

After peak detection, the processed pulses operate a one-shot circuit which gives a fixed pulse width of 230 ms.

1987, R.S. Khandpur, Handbook of Biomedical Instrumentation

The time constants that control one-shot pulse widths can be lengthened or shortened by adding capacitors or resistors in the test fixture.

The idea is that the combinational machine will act as a one-shot device such that, when the signal turns on, the machine will immediately turn it off again. This practice should be avoided: It is prone to ambiguous interpretation, and if the one-shot action is needed, it can be provided unambiguously by a sequential machine.

2013, Derek Hatley, Imtiaz Pirbhai, Strategies for Real-Time System Specification, page 6-92

(programming) A programmable interval timer.


one-shot

one-shot (third-person singular simple present one-shots, present participle one-shotting, simple past and past participle one-shotted or one-shot)

one-shots (present singular third-person)
one-shotting (participle present)
one-shotted (participle past)
one-shotted (past)
one-shot (participle past)
one-shot (past)

(video games) To kill or destroy with a single hit.


preemption

en-noun

preemption (countable and uncountable, plural preemptions)

From Medieval Latin praeēmptiō (“previous purchase”), from praeemō (“buy before”), from Latin prae- (“before”) + emō (“buy”).

An act or process that preempts; a preventive or forestalling action; as:

(computing) The temporary interruption of a task without its cooperation and with the intention of resuming it at a later time.

Präemption

computing: temporary interruption of a process


bookkeeping

bookkeeping (usually uncountable, plural bookkeepings)

(computing) General tasks for maintaining a system.


payload

From pay + load. From the early 20th century.

(computing) The functional part of a computer virus or another type of malware program, rather than the part that spreads it.

charge utile

the functional part of a computer virus rather than the part that spreads it


stringy

en-adj

stringy (comparative stringier, superlative stringiest)

stringier (comparative)
stringiest (superlative)

The context refers to how you use an expression. You've actually already seen some contextual operations with numbers and strings. When you do numbery sorts of things, you get numeric results. When you do stringy sorts of things, you get string results.

2011, Randal L. Schwartz, brian d foy, Tom Phoenix, Learning Perl, page 56

(programming, informal) Resembling or involving text strings.


lazy evaluation

en-noun

lazy evaluation (plural lazy evaluations)

By default, Haskell uses an execution strategy called lazy evaluation. Under laziness, an expression is never evaluated until it is needed for the evaluation of a larger one.]

[2014, Alejandro Serrano Mena, Beginning Haskell: A Project-Based Approach, Apress, page 5

(computing) Any of a variety of computing techniques that delay the computation of expressions until (and unless) the results are needed.


portability

portability (usually uncountable, plural portabilities)

(software) The ability of a program (or software system) to execute properly on multiple hardware platforms.

portabilitat

the ability of a program to execute properly on multiple hardware platforms


Tutte matrix

Tutte matrix (plural Tutte matrices or Tutte matrixes)

Tutte matrices (plural)
Tutte matrixes (plural)

From the name of W. T. Tutte (1917-2002), British/Canadian mathematician, and matrix.

(graph theory) A matrix used to determine whether all of the edges of a graph can be traversed without visiting a vertex more than once.


interning

/ɪnˈtɜː(ɹ)nɪŋ/

In computer programming, the practice of using always references in place of copies of equal objects is known as interning.

(programming) Practice of always using references instead of copies of equal objects.


Boolean variable

Boolean variable (plural Boolean variables)

(mathematics, logic, computing) Any variable, from the domain of Boolean algebra, having one of only two values

totuusarvomuuttuja

variable from the domain of Boolean algebra


Boolean function

Boolean function (plural Boolean functions)

(algebra, logic, computing) Any function based on the operations AND, OR and NOT, and whose elements are from the domain of Boolean algebra

fonction booléenne

function based on AND, OR and NOT operations


Boolean logic

Boolean logic (usually uncountable, plural Boolean logics)

Boolean logic can be shown to be "embedded" in integer arithmetic (modulo 2) by assigning polynomials to logical connectives, like so: operatorname NOT(x)=1-x,  operatorname AND(x,y)=xy,  operatorname OR(x,y)=x+y-xy.

(computing, logic, mathematics) A system of symbolic logic that is the basis of Boolean algebra


ARIN

w:American Registry for Internet Numbers

(Internet) Acronym of American Registry for Internet Numbers.


RAC

(computing, databases) Initialism of Real Application Cluster.


Boolean algebra

Boolean algebra (plural Boolean algebras)

Named after George Boole (1815–1864), an English mathematician, educator, philosopher and logician.

(algebra, logic, computing) Specifically, an algebra in which all elements can take only one of two values (typically 0 and 1, or "true" and "false") and are subject to operations based on AND, OR and NOT


CFML

ColdFusion Markup Language
w:ColdFusion Markup Language

(computing) Initialism of ColdFusion Markup Language.


RM

en-verb

RM (third-person singular simple present RMs, present participle RMing, simple past and past participle RMed)

RMs (present singular third-person)
RMing (participle present)
RMed (participle past)
RMed (past)

(computing, Unix) Abbreviation of remove.


Winsock

(computing) The Windows interface to TCP/IP.


random-access

(computing) Capable of being accessed in any order, not required to be sequential.


wraparound

en-noun

wraparound (countable and uncountable, plural wraparounds)

(countable, computing) Word wrap, the word processing feature that moves text on to the next line if it will not fit on the current one.

The addition of integers is unchecked, so wraparound occurs if the resulting value is beyond the representable range.

(countable, uncountable, programming) The wrapping of numerical value in case of underflow or overflow.


workbook

(computing) A collection of spreadsheets stored in the same file.


closed shop

(computing, historical) A facility that runs programs on behalf of others, giving them no oversight over execution but merely returning the output at the end.


Zelda

The Wind Waker is the best Zelda I’ve played since Link to the Past on the Super Nintendo.

2003, Ken Ayers, letter to the editor, Play, July 2003, page 8

The blurring of distinctions between theory and evidence, between agent and tool, and between individual and group knowledge are seen in fan discussions about Zelda like they are in the practices of science.

2008, Luke Cuddy, editor, The Legend of Zelda and Philosophy: I Link Therefore I Am, Open Court Publishing Company

Unlike previous Zeldas, Breath of the Wild doesn't hold your hand.

2017, Tim Wilkus, in "Big & little Reviews: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild", Little Player: Video Game Magazine for Kids, May/June 2017, page 25

When developing Zelda games, director Hidemaro Fujibayashi thinks about the main hook of the game play before digging deeper into how it will out in combat or puzzles.

2018, The Legend of Zelda: Encyclopedia, Dark Horse Books

For better or worse, Ocarina was the perfect fan service for kids and adults who'd spent years closing their eyes and imagining how cool a 3D Zelda was going to be.

2020, Gabe Durham, The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask, unnumbered page

The small motifs that [Jason] Brame identifies are used in the Hyrule Field to provide a sonic connection to earlier Zelda games but primarily avoid direct quotation.

2021, Tim Summers, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time: A Game Music Companion, Intellect

(video games) Short for Legend of Zelda.


twisty

The document is divided up into a number of sections controlled by twisties.

1998, Steve Oliver, Pete Wood, Lotus Domino Web Site Development, page 96

(graphical user interface) A collapsible element having a marker such as a small triangle that rotates between horizontal and vertical positions to indicate whether the content is currently hidden or expanded.


firecall

1996 August, Computer Incident Response Guidebook, NAVSO P-5239-19, Department of the Navy
Firecall procedures must include provisions for verifying the identity of the person who needs a password or encryption key during an emergency.

Special procedures and audited “firecall” userids have been established for application, system, and network troubleshooting activities.

2001 December, Thomas R. Peltier, Information Security Policies, Procedures, and Standards, CRC Press, page 283

All Privileged IDs should be treated as ‘check out’ or ‘firecall’ IDs.

2003 September, Terri Hill et al., HP NonStop Server Security, Digital Press, page 92

(computer security) A request for provision of emergency access to a computer system in order to fix a problem


infinite recursion

infinite recursion (countable and uncountable, plural infinite recursions)

(programming) Any recursion that continues without end.


mousing

mousing (countable and uncountable, plural mousings)


Internet Protocol
Internet Protocol#English

Initialism of Internet Protocol version 4.


rootless

en-adj

rootless (comparative more rootless, superlative most rootless)

more rootless (comparative)
most rootless (superlative)

(computing) Without (the use of) a root user account.


bookmarklet

(computing, Internet) A small piece of JavaScript code stored as a URL within a bookmark.


currying

en-noun

currying (countable and uncountable, plural curryings)

Named after American mathematician Haskell Curry.

named-after

(computing) The technique of converting a function that takes multiple arguments into a sequence of functions that each take a single argument.


Firefox

Renamed from Firebird in 2004. The reasoning given for the name, explained as another name for the red panda (see firefox), was, “It's similar to Firebird. It's easy to remember. It sounds good. It's unique. We like it. And we weren't able to find any other project or company even remotely similar to a web browser that uses the same name.” The logo depicts a fox (hence the name is equivalent to fire + fox); its original designer, Jon Hicks, has stated, “A firefox is actually a cute red panda, but it didn’t really conjure up the right imagery. The only concept I had done that I felt happy with was […] inspired by seeing a Japanese brush painting of a fox”.

(software) A free, open source, cross-platform, graphical web browser, developed by the Mozilla Foundation.

Mozilla Firefox
Mozilla Foundation
Windows 11


CDN

A CDN can also help absorb spikes in traffic, for example, during times of peak weather or financial news, or during popular sporting or entertainment events.

2007, Steve Souders, High Performance Web Sites, O'Reilly Media, Inc., page 20

content delivery/distribution network
w:content delivery network

(Internet) Initialism of content delivery/distribution network.


interleave

en-verb

interleave (third-person singular simple present interleaves, present participle interleaving, simple past and past participle interleaved)

interleaves (present singular third-person)
interleaving (participle present)
interleaved (participle past)
interleaved (past)

(computing, transitive) To allocate (things such as successive segments of memory) to different tasks.

lomittaa

computing: to allocate things such as successive segments of memory to different tasks


demonetize

demonetize (third-person singular simple present demonetizes, present participle demonetizing, simple past and past participle demonetized)

demonetizes (present singular third-person)
demonetizing (participle present)
demonetized (participle past)
demonetized (past)

The site has the ability to demonetize a video.

Other high-profile YouTube stars including Logan Paul, Shane Dawson and David Dobrik have had their channels demonetized after controversies in the media. Many demonetized creators still run highly profitable businesses.

2021 April 21, Taylor Lorenz, Valeriya Safronova, “Why James Charles Has Been Demonetized by YouTube”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

(Internet, transitive) To demote (published content, or its creator) so that it is no longer eligible to earn money for its publisher.

poistaa kaupallistaminen käytöstä

internet: to demote so that it is no longer eligible to earn money


analytic function

en-noun

analytic function (plural analytic functions)


(cryptography, informal) Abbreviation of Triple DES, a cipher formed from the Data Encryption Standard (DES) cipher by using it three times.


BSD

Initialism of Berkeley Software Distribution.

initialism

(computing) A Unix-like operating system developed at the University of California, Berkeley.


regression

en-noun

regression (countable and uncountable, plural regressions)

/ɹɪˈɡɹɛʃ.ən/

/ɹiːˈɡɹɛʃ.ən/

/ɹɪˈɡɹɛʃ.ən/

/ɹəˈɡɹɛʃ.ən/

/ɹəˈɡɹeʃ.ən/

Learned borrowing from Latin regressio. Equivalent to regress + -ion.
The statistics sense comes from regression to the mean.

(programming) The reappearance of a bug in a piece of software that had previously been fixed.


breaking change

breaking change (plural breaking changes)

Not possible to fix old entries without a breaking change, so remap old to new in import lib.

(computing) A change in one part of a software system that potentially causes other components to fail; occurs most often in shared libraries of code used by multiple applications.


digitize

en-verb

digitize (third-person singular simple present digitizes, present participle digitizing, simple past and past participle digitized)

digitizes (present singular third-person)
digitizing (participle present)
digitized (participle past)
digitized (past)

When you digitize a visual image, you are translating it into digital signals so that it can be broken down into pixels and loaded into the computer.

2000, Adele Droblas Greenberg, Seth Greenberg, Fundamental Photoshop 5.5, McGraw-Hill, page 302

According to press releases and university librarians, Google plans to digitize and make available through its Google Books service approximately 15 million volumes within a decade.

2013, Nihar K. Patra, editor, Progressive Trends in Electronic Resource Management in Libraries, IGI Global, page 187

(transitive, computing) To represent something (such as an image or sound) as a structured sequence of binary digits.

رَقْمَنَة

represent something as a sequence of binary digits


partial dependency

en-noun

partial dependency (plural partial dependencies)

(computing) An attribute of a relation that depends on a key but also on a part of such key; this is a violation of second normal form.


ESR

(software) Initialism of extended-support release.