superblock

(computing) A segment of metadata describing the file system on a block device.


mouselook

The mouselook is easy to code once you understand how a mouse operates. All we have to do is use the keys to change our position, and use the mouse to reorient our viewpoint.

2003, Daniel Sanchez-Crespo Dalmau, Core techniques and algorithms in game programming

However, some people find the mouselook or first-person view to be far more convenient when moving around.

2006, Michael Rymaszewski, et al: Second Life: The Official Guide

A vehicle can be made to not turn in a given direction in response to mouselook[…]

2007, Aimee Weber, Kimberly Rufer-Bach, Richard Platel, Creating Your World

(video games) A feature that allows the player to adjust the view of a three-dimensional playfield by moving the mouse, analogous to turning one's head in reality.


midroll

He says he has never used an edited thumbnail, inserted a midroll ad or tried to chase any kind of YouTube trend.

2024 May 23, Chris Almeida, “They’re Ignoring MrBeast’s Rules of YouTube, and Thriving”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

(Internet, advertising) An advertisement that interrupts an online video, playing before the video resumes.


type-in

Now, there aren't many magazines for which I'd have been prepared to write the tips pages two years running. And even fewer that would inspire me to compile their type-in pages for month after month. But YS tips and type-ins weren't like other magazines', and I didn't mind doing them at all.

1993 Sep, Jonathan Nash, “Jugglers Ahoy!”, in Your Sinclair

...why did we drop the type-ins, people asked. Here's why. In 1979, when COMPUTE!'s first issue appeared, personal computers were scarce. Software for those computers was even scarcer.

The quality of the type-ins were a cut above the ones found in rival magazines...

(computing, dated) A program listing, printed in a magazine, etc., to be inputted and run by the reader.


retarget

en-verb

retarget (third-person singular simple present retargets, present participle retargeting or retargetting, simple past and past participle retargeted or retargetted)

retargets (present singular third-person)
retargeting (participle present)
retargetting (participle present)
retargeted (participle past)
retargeted (past)
retargetted (participle past)
retargetted (past)

(transitive, programming) To adapt so as to run on a different platform.


bastard operator from hell

en-noun

bastard operator from hell (plural bastard operators from hell)

system administrator
system administrator

(slang, mildly vulgar, computing) A rogue system administrator who abuses users of the system.


TAM

TAM (countable and uncountable, plural TAMs)

technology acceptance model
w:technology acceptance model

(computing, sociology) Initialism of technology acceptance model.


SVoSIP

(computing, initialism) Secure Voice over Secure IP


SVoIP

(computing, initialism) Secure Voice over IP


overtype

overtype (countable and uncountable, plural overtypes)

(computing, uncountable) A feature in wordprocessing whereby each typed character replaces the character after the cursor rather than being inserted before it.


shellcode

shellcode (countable and uncountable, plural shellcodes)

In ELF executables, there aren't a whole lot of code caves (such as in the PE format), so you are not likely to be able to shove more than just a meager amount of shellcode into existing code slots […]

2016, Ryan "elfmaster" O'Neill, Learning Linux Binary Analysis (page 97)

(computing) A small piece of code, used as the payload of a virus or other malware, that launches a shell so that the attacker can control the compromised computer.


forward compatibility

(software) Capability of interoperating with anticipated future systems.


backward compatibility

backward compatibility (usually uncountable, plural backward compatibilities)

(software) Capability of interoperating with older systems.


ANN

(machine learning) Initialism of artificial neural network.

(computer science) Initialism of approximate nearest neighbor.

(Internet) Abbreviation of announcement. (in e-mail or newsgroup subject lines)


mana point

(fantasy roleplaying games board games video games) magic point.


walled garden

Link love is reciprocal; if you provide it liberally, it comes back to you. If you don't, you'll turn into your own walled garden.

2007, Michael A. Banks, Blogging Heroes, page 52

(Internet) A set of web pages or other resources that are richly interlinked and share a common focus, but have little or no linkage to or from the larger network.


reentrancy

reentrancy (countable and uncountable, plural reentrancies)

The mikroC compiler supports only a limited function reentrancy. Functions that have no arguments and local variables can be called both from the interrupt service routines and from the main program.

2011, Dogan Ibrahim, Advanced PIC Microcontroller Projects in C, Newnes, page 184

(computing) The state or condition of being reentrant.


splatting

splatting (usually uncountable, plural splattings)

The computing term was coined by Charles Bloom.

(computer graphics) A method for combining different textures by applying an alpha channel map to the higher levels, revealing the layers underneath where the map is partially or completely transparent.


ICMP

(Internet) Initialism of Internet Control Message Protocol.


first-chance exception

first-chance exception (plural first-chance exceptions)

At this stage, the exception is considered a first-chance exception. Checking the checkbox in the Thrown column forces the debugger to intervene...

2006, Jay Hilyard, Stephen Teilhet, C# Cookbook

Here getting Early Crash Dump when a first-chance exception happens can help in component identification before corruption starts spreading across data.

2008, Dmitry Vostokov, Memory Dump Analysis Anthology, Volume 1

(programming) An exception (error condition) when handled by a debugger, such that the programmer has the first chance to study it; such an exception would otherwise proceed to a handler or (in its absence) crash the program.


pingable

Not only were the hop counts believable, but all the source IPs appeared to be alive and pingable...

2002, Stephen Northcutt, Judy Novak, Network Intrusion Detection: An Analyst's Handbook

If the point-to-point addresses are not in the iBGP, the customer point-to-point link will not be pingable, which could be an unacceptable situation...

2002, Barry Raveendran Greene, Philip Smith, Cisco ISP Essentials

(networking, of a computer) That can be pinged; responsive to pings.


northbridge

(computing, electronics) A microchip connected directly to the CPU (unlike the southbridge) and thus responsible for tasks that require the highest performance.


southbridge

(computing, electronics) A secondary microchip connected to the CPU only through the northbridge.


microbenchmark

(computing) A benchmark designed to measure the performance of a very small and specific piece of code.


OLTP

OLTP (countable and uncountable, plural OLTPs)

online transaction processing
w:online transaction processing

(computing, databases) Initialism of online transaction processing.


JavaScripted

And even here in the 21ˢᵗ century—where data is more typically restructured, marked-up, CSS’d, JavaScripted, hyperlinked, and finally browsed—a simple text-based report is still often a cleaner and more usable alternative

2005, Damian Conway, Perl Best Practices, page 449

Your best protection is to follow the update instructions for any software you’re using, such as a CMS, a shopping cart, or JavaScripted features such as slideshows.

2011, George Plumley, Web Design and Development, page 278

Accessible HTML5 Video with JavaScripted captions

2012, Christopher Schmitt, Kyle Simpson, HTML5 Cookbook, page 99

programming language
programming language

(computing) Implemented in the JavaScript programming language.


Utah teapot

After the University of Utah, whose researcher Martin Newell designed the model in 1975.

The preceding figure shows the Utah teapot, a popular benchmark for surfaces. The teapot is textured by a random polka-dot pattern.

1996, Alyn Rockwood, Peter Chambers, Interactive Curves and Surfaces: A Multimedia Tutorial on CAGD

Figure 23.7 demonstrates our smoothing operator applied to a preliminary 3D scan conversion of the Utah teapot.

2003, Stanley Osher, Nikos Paragios, Geometric level set methods in imaging, vision, and graphics

At the RfB site you will find the complete dataset for the Utah teapot and Gumbo. You are encouraged to use them in your own RenderMan renders […]

2004, Saty Raghavachary, Rendering for Beginners: Image Synthesis Using RenderMan

(computer graphics) A three-dimensional mathematical model of a teapot, often used as a reference object to test or assess a rendering technique.


reflow

en-verb

reflow (third-person singular simple present reflows, present participle reflowing, simple past and past participle reflowed)

reflows (present singular third-person)
reflowing (participle present)
reflowed (participle past)
reflowed (past)

The latter option will reflow text to even out the spacing within each paragraph.

2008, Trish Meyer, Chris Meyer, Creating motion graphics with After Effects

(transitive, computing, wordprocessing) To modify the layout of text around other objects in a document.


reflow

(computing) The process of recreating the layout of a document when some of its component elements have changed.


static random access memory

A type of semiconductor memory that uses bistable latching circuitry (flip-flop) to store each bit.


dynamic random access memory

en-noun

dynamic random access memory (usually uncountable, plural dynamic random access memories)

DRAM is typically slower but much less expensive than SRAM, and is therefore often used as the main memory in a computer system.

random access memory
random access memory

(computing) A form of random access memory that requires fewer transistors per bit than SRAM, but in which each bit needs to be refreshed regularly to retain its contents.


cybercrook

It is widely recognized that you are far more likely to be swindled by a waiter at a restaurant than an evil cybercrook.

2001, Duncan Grey, The Internet in School

The cybercrook has realized that stealing the next version of the Coca-Cola recipe or Windows software is worth more than a $10 million heist.

2005, Hedieh Nasheri, Economic Espionage and Industrial Spying


unported

There are still two hundred unported applications that we need to add to the distribution.

(computing) Not having been ported, or converted to another platform.


RAM disk

(computing) A virtual disk, implemented in software, that stores its contents in random access memory.

ĉefmemora disko

virtual disk, implemented in software, that stores its contents in RAM


subexpression

(mathematics, programming) An expression that is a part of a larger expression.

podvýraz

expression that is a part of a larger one


bounceback

Don't be fooled into thinking that just because you don't get many bouncebacks and not many people are unsubscribing that you have a good list […]

2012, Alex Blyth, How to Grow Your Business, page 17

(Internet) An automated response to an email, indicating that it could not be delivered.


APLer

...his disappointment that APL was not chosen over BASIC as IBM's premier language for the PC. Having established his credentials as an APLer, though,...

This leaves two situations not covered — the repetitive task being done by an APLer, and the highly unstructured task...

1985, Lib Gibson, Joshua S Levine, Robert C Metzger, Application systems in APL: how to build them right

This means that APLers can take great strides in moving APL applications towards the machine efficiencies...

1986, SHARE, Proceedings: SEAS Spring Meeting 1986

It is hoped that these transliteration programs have paved the way for communication among APLers to roll forward on the information superhighway.

1995, IEEE, Computer and Control Abstracts


siggy

(Internet, informal) A sig (signature used in posted messages).


flist

(Internet) Abbreviation of friends list.


thunking

DLLs are greatly affected by this thunking mechanism.

1995, Kathleen Panov, Larry Salomon, Arthur Panov, The Art of OS/2 Warp Programming

But if you have a copy of Visual Basic version 4 hanging around, thunking is easy.

1997, Bruce McKinney, Hardcore Visual Basic

Most runtimes (including the CLR) provide a way to integrate with C-based libraries through a thunking layer.

2003, Don Box, Chris Sells, Essential.NET: The Common Language Runtime

(computing) The use of thunks (data mappings).


star height

From the Kleene star and the idea of nested levels having a "height"; coined in 1963 by Lawrence C Eggan.

(computing theory) A measure of the structural complexity of a regular expression, equal to the maximum nesting depth of stars in the expression.


cyberlaw

cyberlaw (countable and uncountable, plural cyberlaws)

In a recent article in Nature magazine, AI research Kate Crawford and cyberlaw professor Ryan Calo warned that the new wave of excitement about intelligent design was creating dangerous blindspots when it came to the social knock-on effects of replacing humans with robots.

2017 April 18, Philip Oltermann, “Jürgen Schmidhuber on the robot future: ‘They will pay as much attention to us as we do to ants'”, in The Guardian, retrieved 2021-07-30

intellectual property
intellectual property

(Internet) Law as it relates to the Internet and computing offences, covering such issues as intellectual property and the blurring of international boundaries.


inlinable

If somefn were an inlinable constant function, then even switching the evaluation order like this […] wouldn't change the outcome, since the entire expression still resolves at compile time.

2012, Tom Christiansen, Larry Wall, Brian Foy, Programming Perl, page 561

(software compilation) Capable of being inlined.


metasearch

metasearch (countable and uncountable, plural metasearches)

You can also use a metasearch site like Kayak.com to get a snapshot of available flight alternatives.

2008 June 28, Michelle Higgins, “Spate of Changes in Airline Industry Heightens the Need to Plan Ahead”, in New York Times

A search technology that uses the results from a number of traditional search engines.

An individual search operation of this kind.


metasearch

en-verb

metasearch (third-person singular simple present metasearches, present participle metasearching, simple past and past participle metasearched)

metasearches (present singular third-person)
metasearching (participle present)
metasearched (participle past)
metasearched (past)


tab page

graphical user interface
graphical user interface

(computing, graphical user interface) Any of the individual screens associated with a tab on a tab control.


tab control

(computing, graphical user interface) A control consisting of a number of screens (tab pages) that occupy the same visible space and can be selected by clicking a protruding tab.


subsite

(computing, Internet) A website that is subordinate to another website and hosted in its entirety under that site's domain name.


userland

(computing, informal) A conceptual space outside the kernel in which a user's applications can run without the risk of damage to the operating system.

(software, informal) The collection of tools, utilities, and user programs, found in a distro, outside of the kernel, for an operating system


hack-and-slash

(roleplaying games, video games, informal) Having a focus on violent combat rather than strategy.

"Oh yes, I meant it as a compliment." Olin tapped the books. "I expect to finish these... but for the writing. It's the writing I like. I was surprised to find myself laughing at your quite unsupernatural adventures in Gartsby Castle, and I was surprised to find you as good as you are. As subtle as you are. I expected more hack and slash."

(literature) Shallowly devoted to the gory details.


(computing) Abbreviation of Microsoft Windows 32-bit.


(computing) Abbreviation of Microsoft Windows 64-bit.


(computing) Abbreviation of Microsoft Windows 16-bit.


nack

nack (third-person singular simple present nacks, present participle nacking, simple past and past participle nacked)

nacks (present singular third-person)
nacking (participle present)
nacked (participle past)
nacked (past)

(networking) To acknowledge negatively; to send a NAK signal to.


daughterboard

From daughter + board, modelled on motherboard.

(computing, electronics) A circuit board that is an extension of a motherboard or other card.


progress bar

(graphical user interface) A bar that indicates the progression of a task by gradually filling its empty space with solid colour.

進度條

computing: a bar that indicates the progression of a task


nonparsing

A simple nonparsing algorithm interprets the input string.


dialog box

(computing, graphical user interface) A window that prompts the user to enter information.


box plot

(statistics) A graphical summary of a numerical data sample through five statistics: median, lower quartile, upper quartile, and some indication of more extreme upper and lower values.


pretty-print

pretty-print (third-person singular simple present pretty-prints, present participle pretty-printing, simple past and past participle pretty-printed)

pretty-prints (present singular third-person)
pretty-printing (participle present)
pretty-printed (participle past)
pretty-printed (past)

(computing, informal, transitive) To display code (source code, markup, etc.) in a way that makes it more readable or visually appealing, perhaps using formatting, colour, or indentation.


rekeying

(computing) The process of entering information into a device again, by means of a keyboard or similar.


qword

On line 7, "X" and "Y" are defined to be qwords. Therefore, each is eight bytes long — the size of a double in C.

1991, William B. Giles, Assembly language programming for the Intel 80XXX family


quadword

(computing) A numerical value of four times the magnitude of a word, thus 64 bits on a 16-bit architecture.


subclassable

object-oriented programming
object-oriented programming

(object-oriented programming) That can be subclassed; from which one can derive or inherit.


dword

Using a double loop, each dword of the first factor is multiplied by each dword of the second factor […]

1991, William B Giles, Assembly language programming for the Intel 80XXX family

A bridge may combine posted memory writes to successive dwords into a single burst memory write transaction using linear addressing.

1999, Don Anderson, Tom Shanley, PCI system architecture

The subtraction of each dword is independent of the other; there is no borrow from dword to dword.

2003, Randall Hyde, The Art of Assembly Language

(computing) A numerical value of twice the magnitude of a word, thus typically 32 bits.


nonregister

Typically, the second operand may be obtained from a nonregister memory location.

1985, Hugo T Jackson, A M Fischer, Learning assembly language: a guide for BASIC programmers

Functions need to access two kinds of nonregister variables: formal parameters and local auto variables. Both types are allocated on the stack.

1986, Dr. Dobb's journal of software tools for the professional programmer

In RISC processors, instructions excluding the load and store use registers only; any nonregister value is treated as a constant.

2005, Sivarama P Dandamudi, Guide to RISC Processors: For Programmers and Engineers


Digger

THANKS TO DIGG, the Web’s most frequented news-ranking site, we now know: Geeks like gaming gossip, incendiary technology policy stories, and NASA photos. Diggers vote early and often, and can get breaking news to the front page surprisingly quickly.

Redditors are similar to Diggers (twentysomething geeks), albeit the former are slightly more educated and gender neutral.

2009 November, Dan Zarrella, “Social News and Bookmarking”, in The Social Media Marketing Book, O’Reilly Media, published 2011, section “Reddit”, page 121

As Justin Halpern told me, “I think what both [Rob Corddry and actress Kristen Bell] did, especially Rob, was that they got Shit My Dad Says seen by people that aggressively share stuff online. Diggers, Redditors, etc.[…]”

2012 September, B. J. Mendelson, “And Now You Know … the Rest of the Story”, in Social Media Is Bullshit, New York, N.Y.: St. Martin’s Press, part I, page 53

(Internet) A user of the American news aggregator Digg.


yt

From the pronunciation of y /waɪ/ + t for /t/ or /tiː/.

People of color aspire to be light skinned and yt people aspire to be tan. It is only aesthetically pleasing for yt people to be brown.

2017 Spring, Tess Griffin, When life gives you lemons, bleach your skin, in Growl (Hofstra English Society & Campus Feminist Collective), issue 1

(Internet slang, African-American Vernacular, often derogatory) Alternative spelling of white (“Caucasian”)


yt

(uncommon, Internet slang, African-American Vernacular, derogatory, offensive) Alternative spelling of whitey


yt

table
Abbreviation of þat (“that”), the letter y takes the place of the old letter thorn (þ), as in ye for þe (“the”).

The King appear'd to be much hurt at this, told me he did not credit what he told him, as he knew yt. you & I had never had any dispute together, & yt. William & you had had some misunderstanding in Germany[…]

1791, George IV, “Carlton House, 24 July 1791”, in A. Aspinall, editor, The Correspondence of George, Prince of Wales, 1770–1812, volumes II: 1789–1794, London: Cassell, published 1964, page 177


frameskip

(computing) A software feature that skips the display of certain frames of animation to improve performance at the expense of visual smoothness.


texturize

texturize (third-person singular simple present texturizes, present participle texturizing, simple past and past participle texturized)

texturizes (present singular third-person)
texturizing (participle present)
texturized (participle past)
texturized (past)

I have texturized this sphere with a woodgrain pattern.

(transitive, computer graphics) To apply a visual texture to.


bump-mapped

(computer graphics) Rendered using bump mapping.


polygon mesh

(computer graphics) A collection of vertices, edges and faces that defines the shape of a polyhedral object.


IRCer

Changes your nickname — the name by which other IRCers see and refer to you — to anything you'd like (but remember that nine characters is the maximum nick length).

1995, Donald Rose, Internet Chat quick tour

IRCers frequently use nicknames and MUDers can not only choose a name, but also a gender and a character.

1996, Rye Senjen, Jane Guthrey, The Internet for Women, page 94


pointerlike

en-adj

pointerlike (comparative more pointerlike, superlative most pointerlike)

more pointerlike (comparative)
most pointerlike (superlative)

You must resist the temptation to implement basic data structures such as linked lists and trees just because a pointerlike capability is available.

1997, Sriram Srinivasan, Advanced Perl programming

(computing, programming) Like a pointer (variable holding a memory address).


stylesheet

en:computer file with markup controlling style for other files

(web design) A document consisting of markup that describes the layout and presentation to be used when displaying other documents.

stilfolio

Internet: a document consisting of markup that describes the layout and presentation to be used when displaying other documents


obfuscator

(computing) A software program that modifies another program to make it harder to decompile or reverse-engineer.


unkeyed

an unkeyed hash function

(computing, cryptography) Without a key.


static binding

(programming) A form of binding that occurs before the program is run, typically at compile time.


dynamic binding

(programming) A form of binding that occurs at runtime, such as the resolution of a virtual method call to a specific subclass's implementation.


link topology

(Internet) The study of the linked structure of the World Wide Web.


webocracy

en-noun

webocracy (countable and uncountable, plural webocracies)

From Web + -o- + -cracy, dating from the 1990s.

(Internet) The online participation of citizens in democratic processes such as in online voting during parliament elections.

(Internet) Online users' joint participation in the creation of the Web content.


throwable

For an object to be throwable, it must be directly or indirectly derived from the Throwable class.

1997, Babak Sadr, Grady Booch, Unified objects: object-oriented programming using C++

In general, each function may specify a list of throwable objects […]

2001, Alan Burns, Andrew J Wellings, Real-time systems and programming languages

[…] if you need to make certain symbols visible externally for debugging purposes or for catching exceptions for throwable entities within a library.

2006, William Von Hagen, The definitive guide to GCC

(programming) Capable of being thrown in the manner of an exception.


throwable

Exceptions are thrown when some module of the project detects an error condition or if it handles some standard Java throwables.

(programming) Any object that can be thrown in the manner of an exception.


duck typing

From the so-called duck test: “if it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it probably is a duck.”

Ruby proponents call this duck typing:: if the variable responds to a message that asks it to quack like a duck and it quacks, it must be a duck. This is clearly different from the way that Java (and other strongly typed languages) work, […]

2006, Neal Ford, Scott Davis, No Fluff, Just Stuff Anthology: The 2006 Edition, page 16

(programming) A style of dynamic typing in which an object's current set of methods and properties determines the valid semantics, rather than its inheritance from a particular class or implementation of a specific interface.


SED

SED (countable and uncountable, plural SEDs)

(computing) Initialism of self-encrypting drive.


CADCAM

(computing, manufacturing) Alternative spelling of CAD/CAM


balance board

(video games) A device that measures the centre of balance of a player standing on it, used to provide motion input to sport-themed games etc.


CAD/CAM

(computing, manufacturing) The combination of computer-aided design and computer-aided manufacturing.


threadable

(computing) Suitable for multithreading.


threadsafe

Only a few collection classes are threadsafe. As we'll see later, being threadsafe does not necessarily mean that you can safely use them in every multithreaded program.

2004, Scott Oaks, Henry Wong, Java threads

SessionFactory objects are threadsafe, so it is not necessary to obtain one for each thread.

2006, Dave Minter, Jeff Linwood, Beginning Hibernate: From Novice to Professional

(computing, programming) That can be safely accessed from multiple threads.


trackbar

(graphical user interface) A widget allowing the user to select a value on a sliding scale.


logoff

(computing) The process or an instance of logging off.


extreme programming

Coined by American software engineer Kent Beck.

coin

software engineering
software engineering

(software engineering) A software engineering methodology that promotes agility and simplicity, typically involving pair programming and a cycle of frequent testing and feedback.


pair programming

(computing, programming) A software development technique, part of extreme programming, in which two programmers work together at a single keyboard, one coding while the other observes and reviews. The roles are often switched at regular intervals.


PICNIC

Inspiration also comes from the workers who take care of the workers. Ever reported a picnic error to the IT helpdesk? No? Well they're logging them. It stands for a problem in chair, not in computer error among hapless colleagues.

2006 November, Claire Heald, “Let's help to herd the dinosaurs”, in BBC News

(humorous) Acronym of problem in chair, not in computer; states that the problem was not in the computer but was instead caused by the user operating it.


batch file

(computing, especially MS-DOS) A file containing a series of instructions to be carried out by the operating system.


DMLT

Distributed Multi-Link Trunking
w:Distributed Multi-Link Trunking

(computing) Initialism of Distributed Multi-Link Trunking. A Distributed link aggregation protocol


binary-coded decimal

en-noun

binary-coded decimal (plural binary-coded decimals)

(computing) A decimal number encoded in such a way that each digit is represented by its own binary sequence, simplifying conversion from binary to decimal.


multisite

a multisite CMS installation

(Internet) Of or relating to more than one web site.


queueable

(computing, networking) That can be queued.


obj

(grammar, programming) Abbreviation of object.


URI

uniform resource identifier
uniform resource identifier#English

(Internet) Initialism of uniform resource identifier.


blockwise

(computing) In terms of blocks; one block of data at a time.


top-poster

(Internet, dated) Someone who top-posts.


imagemapping

(Internet) The generation and use of image maps.


uniform resource identifier

uniform resource identifier (plural uniform resource identifiers)

(Internet) A string of characters that identifies a resource that can be accessed over the Internet.


seekable

(computing) Through which one can seek back and forth; not purely sequential.


LZW

From the names of its creators: Abraham Lempel, Jacob Ziv, and Terry Welch.

(computing) Initialism of Lempel–Ziv–Welch, a lossless data compression algorithm.


keyphrase

(cryptography) A phrase used in encryption as a key, like a single keyword (password) would be: Synonym of passphrase.


subframe

Specify the dimensions of your main frame and subframes and this online utility will create them for you.

1998, Steven E Callihan, Create your first Web Page in a weekend

(Internet) One of the HTML frames that make up a frameset.


Procrustean assignment

After the legendary highwayman Procrustes, who stretched or cut his victims to make them fit a bed.

[…]the string that is being assigned to it is cut off on the right if it is too long, or filled out with spaces if it is too short - this is called Procrustean assignment[…]

1982, Steven Vickers, Robin Bradbeer, Sinclair ZX Spectrum: BASIC Programming

[…] that Procrustean assignment that the Manual goes on about: string arrays always have a fixed length of word.

1983, Ian Stewart, Robin Jones, Machine code and better BASIC, page 51

Because the T/S uses procrustean assignment for string arrays, there are some uses for single-element arrays.

1985, Sharon Zardetto Aker, T/S 2068 basics and beyond, page 38

(computing, dated, rare) A form of assignment to fixed-length string variables in which a shorter value is padded to the necessary length while a longer one is truncated.


struct

Abbreviation of structure, used as a keyword in the C programming language and its descendants.

Note that because structs are value types, the new operator does not work in the same way as it does for classes and other reference types.

2005, Christian Nagel, Bill Evjen, Jay Glynn, Karli Watson, Morgan Skinner, Allen Jones, Professional C# 2005, John Wiley & Sons, page 103

Like most object-oriented languages, including Objective-C, Swift supports two basic object-oriented data structures: classes and structs.

2015, Michael Dippery, Professional Swift, John Wiley & Sons, page 62

(computing, programming) A data structure, especially one that serves to group a number of fields (in contrast to an object-oriented class with methods) or one that is passed by value rather than by reference.


spamless

The site even had — in those innocent, spamless days — a directory of e-mail addresses, making it easy for users to communicate with message board regulars.

2003, Adam Cohen, The Perfect Store: Inside EBay

However, the largest impediment to a quick adoption and a world of spamless e-mail is that it places a heavy burden on the sender of new mail.

2004, Paul Wolfe, Charlie Scott, Mike Erwin, Anti-spam tool kit

If only everyone on the Internet would do this, we could realize the dream of a spamless Internet utopia.

2005, Wade Edwards, Todd Lammle, et al: CCSP Complete Study Guide: Exams 642-501, 642-511, 642-521, 642-531, 642-541

...welcome to join the conversation in a free, moderated, SPAMless e-mail discussion group.

2006, Gene Marks, Streetwise Small Business Book of Lists

(Internet, rare) Without spam (electronic junk mail).


supertree

(computing theory) A tree that contains another tree.


CP/Mer

The best advice to Apple CP/Mers is, "Enjoy — but don't try to change too much."

1983, Thomas A Dwyer, Margot Critchfield, CP/M and the personal computer

Could you do me, and perhaps other CP/Mers, a favor and supply a few contact points for the First Osborne Group.

For a while, resellers such as Lifeboat Systems in New York City did a nice business simply supplying CP/Mers with the software of their choice on floppies...

2006, Merrill R Chapman, In Search of Stupidity: Over 20 Years of High-tech Marketing Disasters


noninterface

(computing, programming) Not an interface, or not belonging or relating to one.


typelessness

(computing) The state or condition of being typeless; lack of fixed data types.


CP/M

Abbreviation of Control Program/Monitor, later explained as Control Program for Microcomputers.

Coordinate term: DOS

The CP/M system includes a powerful editor, an assembler, and a debugger. The user may purchase from Digital Research or the CP/M user's group such additional support utilities as a macro-assembler, symbolic debugger, […]

1981, Carl Townsend, How to Get Started with CP/M, Dilithium Press

(computing, historical) An early 8-bit operating system.


Usenetter

For example, if a user wants to create a new group he could first consult the active list and its comments to find a relevent group. Of course, a more experienced UseNetter would only wish to peruse subsets such as "net.all" or "fa.all".

1982 January 19, Scott Kramer, “net.micro”, in net.news.group (Usenet)


unsignedness

You're quite right: bits are bits, and the "signedness" or "unsignedness" of a given bit pattern depends strictly on your point of view.

Under ANSI C, the wider type's signedness or unsignedness prevails if the resulting value can be stored in that type, otherwise unsignedness prevails.

Earlier versions of GCC would try to preserve unsignedness.

2006, William Von Hagen, The definitive guide to GCC

(computing) The state or condition of being unsigned.


automatic data processing machine

automatic data processing machine (plural automatic data processing machines)

automatic data processing machines (plural)


userbase

A corporate takeover of this project is likely to alienate the userbase.

(computing) The established group of users for a particular computer program, technology, etc.


RCT

RollerCoaster Tycoon
w:RollerCoaster Tycoon

(video games) Initialism of RollerCoaster Tycoon.


Web 3.0

Web 3.0 does not yet exist, but it shines forth in online cooperation. […] Web 3.0 technologies like wikis are not only communicative, but also cooperative.

2007, Christian Fuchs, Internet and Society: Social Theory in the Information Age, Routledge, page 126

Stepping back to the Web topics, what are your thoughts on Web 3.0, the Semantic Web?

2008, Bradley L. Jones, Web 2.0 Heroes: Interviews with 20 Web 2.0 Influencers, John Wiley & Sons

Even though Web 2.0 has not been fully implemented, there are talks of Web 3.0 and what the future may hold. Many predict it will be the Semantic Web where users will be able to request information rather than have to search for it.

2008, P. Candace Deans, Social Software and Web 2.0 Technology Trends, page 55

Some people already think about what is happening with the Web 3.0, the semantic web, the Internet of things, for instance.

2009, Sigrid Baringhorst, Political Campaigning on the Web

Web 3.0 refers to the third stage in the evolution of the Web that now has significant extension in the types of data, people, and interactions, along with heterogeneity and scale.

2013, Amit Sheth, Krishnaprasad Thirunarayan, Semantics Empowered Web 3.0 […], Morgan & Claypool Publishers, page 5

As the year unfolds, pay attention to the people who are talking about a new, decentralised internet – AKA Web 3.0 – and the possibility of data being returned to the control of the people who generate it.

2019 January 7, John Harris, “Together we can thwart the big-tech data grab. Here’s how”, in The Guardian

Although not the Semantic Web envisioned by Berners-Lee, Web 3.0 is in many ways a return to his original web, where “no permission is needed from a central authority to post anything … there is no central controlling node, and so no single point of failure … and no “kill switch”!

2020 January 6, Charles Silver, “Council Post: What Is Web 3.0?”, in Forbes, retrieved 2021-04-22

(Internet, neologism) The predicted third generation of the World Wide Web, usually conjectured to include semantic tagging of content and decentralized protocols.


optical disc

(computer hardware) A modern data storage medium consisting of a flat disc read mechanically by illumination with laser light, including the Laserdisc, compact disc, DVD, and Blu-ray.


macrocomputer

(computing) A mainframe, as opposed to a microcomputer.


defragmenter

(computing) That which defragments; a program that performs defragmentation.

défragmenteur

that which defragments; a program that performs defragmentation


microgame

(video games) A very small minigame, typically lasting for only a few seconds.


Pokéfan

This is fantastic... I've never met so many Pokéfans, and I've never seen so many Pikachu rucksacks around.

2000 November 12, Cliff Barnes, “My Whitby Diary”, in uk.people.gothic (Usenet)

When die-hard Pokéfans outside Japan discovered that portions of the original narrative were being withheld, they flocked to online chatrooms dedicated to the series, where they complained bitterly about censorship and debated various forms of protest.

2004, Hirofumi Katsuno, Jeffrey Meret, “Localizing the Pokémon TV Series for the American Market”, in Joseph Tobin, editor, Pikachu's Global Adventure: The Rise and Fall of Pokémon, Duke University Press, page 81

Few of even the most hard-core Pokéfans will ever have tried this, so just pulling together a copy of Pokémon XD for GameCube and two GameCube-Game Boy cables can deliver a play experience that they've never had before.

2007, Eli Neiburger, Gamers…in the Library?!: The Why, What, and How of Videogame Tournaments for All Ages, American Library Association, published 2007, page 71


maximizable

Why isn't this window maximizable? I keep having to scroll to see the full contents.

(chiefly graphical user interface) That can be maximized.


keymask

(computing, programming) A bitmask specifying which keypresses were made.


cyberrape

[…] as the Baker case shows, saying that no physical attacks actually occur and that the cyberrape or cyberharassment is just "words" would not ease the feeling of violation.

1997, Ching-Yi Liu, The Regulation of Cyberspace


enum

Clipping of enumeration, used as a keyword in the C programming language and its descendants.

Enums allow you to define a type made up of a finite set of identifiers, with each identifier mapping to an integer.

2007, Robert Pickering, Foundations of F#

The Access object model contains many enums that you can use in your applications.

2007, Teresa Hennig, Rob Cooper, Geoffrey L Griffith, Armen Stein, Access 2007 VBA Programmer's Reference

A unique feature of enums is that when you switch on a variable of an enum type, you do not prefix the case statements […]

2009, Richard F Raposa, SCJP: Sun Certified Programmer for Java Platform (Exam CX-310-065)


primitive recursion

primitive recursion (countable and uncountable, plural primitive recursions)

(computing theory) Recursion to a fixed depth.

(computing theory) The operator ρ, that creates a new function from two functions g, and h, such that:


GIP

(computing) Initialism of GSM Interworking Profile (profile that allows a DECT base station to form part of a GSM network, given suitable handsets)


botted

en-adj

botted (comparative more botted, superlative most botted)

more botted (comparative)
most botted (superlative)

a botted lobby

(video games, slang, of a game) Full of unskilled players.


exbibyte

(computing) Strictly, 2⁶⁰ (1024⁶, 1,152,921,504,606,846,976) bytes or 2¹⁰ (1024) pebibytes, as opposed to an exabyte.


pseudonymization

en-noun

pseudonymization (usually uncountable, plural pseudonymizations)

(computing, law) The replacement of all data (in a database etc) that identifies a person with an artificial identifier or pseudonym.

pseudonymisation

replacement of all data that identifies a person with an artificial identifier or pseudonym


monoalphabetic

(cryptography) Of a substitution cipher, using the same fixed mappings from plaintext to cipher letters across the entire text.


FTS

(computing) Initialism of full-text search.


cilly

Uncertain; possibly a pun on silly and the letters CIL used as a cryptographic key.

Another type of cilly was the repeated use of the same message key, perhaps the initials of the operator's girlfriend […]

Answer c is a reference to a cilly, which was a three-character message key used in the German Enigma machine.

2002, Ronald L Krutz, Russell Dean Vines, The CISSP Prep Guide: Gold Edition

Taunt describes the work involved in breaking Enigma messages, cribs, cillies, the Herivel tip, help from Bombes and more.

2005, Brian J Winkel, Cipher A Deavours, David Kahn, Louis Kruh, The German Enigma cipher machine

By 1944, cillies had already become rare; hence, Bletchley Park had already found other breaks into the Enigma nets.

2006, Rebecca Ann Ratcliff, Delusions of intelligence: Enigma, Ultra and the end of secure ciphers

Cillies resulted from a combination of two different mistakes in a multi-part message by some Enigma operators.

2007, Friedrich Ludwig Bauer, Decrypted secrets: methods and maxims of cryptology

(cryptography, historical) Any predictable facet of the Enigma Machine cipher due to operator error or laziness, whose existence helped the Allies to break the code.


cyberstore

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


ARIA

Accessible Rich Internet Applications
w:WAI-ARIA

(Internet) Acronym of Accessible Rich Internet Applications.


notification area

notification area (plural notification areas)

When this check box is activated, Windows XP will hide notification area icons that you haven't used in a while.

2001, Paul McFedries, The complete idiot's guide to Windows XP

If you want to add these controls to the notification area, you must do it yourself, using the corresponding Control Panel programs...

2002, David Pogue, Windows XP Home Edition: The Missing Manual

The notification area is configured by default to hide icons when they are not in use...

2005, Curt Simmons, Windows XP headaches

(computing, graphical user interface) An area of the taskbar used for icons and alerts.

área de notificação

computing: an area of the taskbar used for icons and alerts


HLL

high-level language
high-level language#English

(programming) Initialism of high-level language.

(computer science) Initialism of HyperLogLog.


low-level language

low-level language (plural low-level languages)

computer architecture
computer architecture

(programming) A computer language whose source code is a somewhat user-friendly version of a particular computer architecture's assembly language, containing no provisions for portability between architectures.

matalan tason kieli

computer language whose source code is a somewhat user-friendly version of a computer architecture's assembly language


str

(programming) Abbreviation of string. (sequence of text characters)


first in first out

(computing) A type of queue data structure in which the oldest added items are retrieved first.


negative indexing

(programming) The use of a negative integer as an array offset to access from the end of the array. Array[-3] accesses the 3ʳᵈ element from the end of the array, the same as Array[ArraySize - 3].


YouTube

Website name, from a compound of you + tube (“North American colloquial term for television”), implying that users (you) may submit their own television (tube) content.

com+

Alternative form: (abbreviation) YT


YouTube

None of this is to suggest that academic libraries should turn their websites into a YouTube or Facebook in which our user communities would create all the content,[…]

2007, Steven J. Bell, John D. Shank, Academic librarianship by design

There is all kinds of stuff that people post there- some of it is entertaining, some is actually useful as a template for studying or for business...it is sort of like a YouTube for documents.

(neologism) Any website that allows users to upload content, particularly YouTube itself.

在線視頻網站

any website that allows users to upload content

Then it's a YouTube of some kid trying to play "Radar Love" on a cheap guitar using only his feet,[…]

Not too long ago, there was a YouTube of you two brawling. How did the musical collaboration happen?

2009 March, Valerie McQueen, “Bring me the Horizon”, in Revolver

(neologism, informal) A small video that can be viewed online, particularly one hosted on YouTube.

Hi, how's it going YouTube! Sorry I wasn't able to upload a video last week!

(uncountable) Collectively, the users of YouTube; especially the content creator's viewers.


YouTube

en-verb

YouTube (third-person singular simple present YouTubes, present participle YouTubing, simple past and past participle YouTubed)

YouTubes (present singular third-person)
YouTubing (participle present)
YouTubed (participle past)
YouTubed (past)

Inquiry elicited that he was a pop singer. I YouTubed him, revealing another ghastly microphone-gripping, anguished nasal wailer.

2015 April 21, Bob Jones, “Appetite for quirky fulfilled”, in Wanganui Chronicle

If you don't know me, YouTube me, because soon the whole world is going to know me.

2017 July 20, Sammy Guevara, Impact Wrestling

(neologism, transitive) To search for and view on YouTube.


moonbattery

(informal, derogatory, Internet) The behaviour or attitudes of moonbats; left-wing lunacy.


STL

Standard Template Library
w:Standard Template Library

(computing, programming) Initialism of Standard Template Library, a set of algorithms and data structures for C++.


compilable

The study in [ 8 ] shows that all the linear recursions ( containing single linear recursive rules ) are compilable to n - chain recursions or bounded recursions .

1988, Catriel Beeri, Umesh Dayal, J.W. Schmidt, Data and Knowledge Bases, page 67

. Nothing in the definition of a slice requires that the set of statements is compilable;

2018, Paul C. Jorgensen, Software Testing, page 180

Merges are less compilable (83%) than commits (91%) across all projects.

2021, Ana C. R. Paiva, Ana Rosa Cavalli, Paula Ventura Martins, Quality of Information and Communications Technology, page 558


tpi

(computing) Initialism of tracks per inch — a measure of disk capacity


hatnote

From hat + note by analogy with footnote, endnote, etc.

If a reader searches for dioxin, she arrives at this article. The too-long hatnote on this page probably befuddled many readers looking for the Wikipedia article Polychlorinated dibenzodioxins.

2008, John Broughton, Wikipedia: The Missing Manual, page 320

A hatnote on this default page points readers to the disambiguation page if they're looking for articles using a different meaning of the term.

2008, Phoebe Ayers, Charles Matthews, Ben Yates, How Wikipedia Works: And How You Can Be a Part of It, page 237

(wiki jargon) A short note placed at the top of an article, normally to provide links to other similarly named articles or disambiguation pages.


templatize

templatize (third-person singular simple present templatizes, present participle templatizing, simple past and past participle templatized)

templatizes (present singular third-person)
templatizing (participle present)
templatized (participle past)
templatized (past)

For our final look at metaprogramming, we templatize matrix multiplication.

2000, Mark A DeLoura, Game programming gems

We must templatize the engine with the base types of the two arguments (left-hand side and right-hand side).

2001, Andrei Alexandrescu, Modern C++ Design: Generic Programming and Design Patterns Applied

This makes it trivial to templatize your application; changes to the new generic base form automatically cascade to the derived classes at the next build.

2004, Chris Sells, Justin Gehtland, Windows Forms programming in Visual Basic.NET

An iterator is a generalization of a pointer and we could templatize the code to work off any iterator.

2008, Mark S Joshi, C++ Design Patterns and Derivatives Pricing

(transitive, computing, programming) To genericize by means of templates; to convert into a template.


status effect

(video games, chiefly roleplaying games) An effect that modifies a character's status, either positively (e.g. strength increase) or negatively (e.g. poisoning).


cybername

He signed in using his own cybername: Point Guard.

Your modem dials an 800 number a couple of times. Along the way, you'll be asked to make up a cybername for yourself...

2002, David Pogue, Flat screen iMac for dummies

Are the two of you going to stick to phony cybernames? Or shall I introduce you by your real ones?

A nickname used on the Internet or in cyberspace.


precompiler

(computing) A program or algorithm that precompiles.


precompile

precompile (third-person singular simple present precompiles, present participle precompiling, simple past and past participle precompiled)

precompiles (present singular third-person)
precompiling (participle present)
precompiled (participle past)
precompiled (past)


cybercowboy

...shares not a little with libertarian cybercowboys of the technosphere like John Barlow and Mitch Kapor...

1995, Maurice Berger, Brian Wallis, Simon Watson, Carrie Mae Weems, Constructing masculinity

Within the week he upgraded his PC, got a modem, downloaded Netscape, and became a cybercowboy.

2001, Jim Sterne, World Wide Web marketing


shoutbox

They avail themselves of multiple communicative platforms across the Internet: blogs, social networks, comments, discussion forums, private messages, shoutboxes, MP3 files, and videos.

2007, Nancy K. Baym, The new shape of online community: The example of Swedish independent music fandom

Embed a shoutbox in your blog/website for your visitors to interact among themselves.

2010, Erika Blanchard, Appity Slap: A Small Business Guide to Web Apps, Tech Tools and Cloud Computing


closed beta

(computing) A testing arrangement in which a beta test version of software is distributed to a small group of testers.


nutshot

nutshot (third-person singular simple present nutshots, present participle nutshotting, simple past and past participle nutshot)

nutshots (present singular third-person)
nutshotting (participle present)
nutshot (participle past)
nutshot (past)

(slang, video games) Especially, to shoot (a player) in the groin, especially the testicles.


pure name

A MAC address can be considered a pure name, as it gives no indication of where on a network the device can be found.

(computer science) A name that reveals no usable information about the entity it identifies.


impure name

The absolute path to a file is an impure name: it contains a clear hierarchical structure.

(computer science) A name that contains useful information about the entity it identifies.


Gatesian

en-adj

Gatesian (comparative more Gatesian, superlative most Gatesian)

more Gatesian (comparative)
most Gatesian (superlative)

...paint a grandiose picture about what Microsoft could do, the Gatesian vision.

1992, James Wallace, Jim Erickson, Hard drive: Bill Gates and the making of the Microsoft empire

Friends and vague listeners may have heard me urging a "Gatesian" computerized approach...

2008, James A Duke, Mary Jo Bogenschutz-Godwin, Andrea R Ottesen, Duke's Handbook of Medicinal Plants of Latin America

The projector and the computer bump into each other in Gatesian cyberspace, and we're off.

Of or pertaining to Bill Gates (born 1955), American businessman and co-founder of Microsoft Corporation.


autojoin

en-noun

autojoin (countable and uncountable, plural autojoins)

(Internet, uncountable) A software feature that allows the user to join an IRC channel automatically (either on first connecting to the server or after being kicked).

(databases, countable) A type of join from a table to itself.


FPU

Coordinate term: CPU

floating-point unit
floating-point unit#English

(computer hardware) Initialism of floating-point unit.


Visual Basic

A programming language developed by Microsoft, broadly descended from BASIC and Pascal, in which all programs have a graphical user interface.


J++

A programming language developed by Microsoft that is a nonstandard variant of Java.


coprocessor

central processing unit
central processing unit

graphics processing unit
graphics processing unit

(computer hardware) An additional microprocessor used to supplement the functionality of the central processing unit, performing tasks such as floating-point arithmetic (floating-point unit) or graphics calculations (graphics processing unit).


floating-point unit

floating-point unit (plural floating-point units)

(computer hardware) A microprocessor that performs floating-point arithmetic. In older models of computer the FPU was not integrated into the central processing unit, but rather as a coprocessor if included at all.


Eiffel

From French Eiffel, from German Eiffel, Eifel. Family name adopted as a reference to the Eifel mountains.

An ISO-standardized, object-oriented programming language.


diskless

(computing) Without the use of floppy disks.


queryable

The application can connect to any queryable data source.


const correctness

From const (a keyword for constant in the C programming language and its derivatives) and correctness.

(programming) The proper declaration of objects as immutable in contexts where they are not expected to be modified.


SRB

(computing, Internet) Initialism of storage resource broker.


subparse

(computing theory) A parse that makes up part of a larger parse.


incremental backup

incremental backup (countable and uncountable, plural incremental backups)

(computing) A backup method where only the information that has changed since a previous backup is saved.


bugless

en-adj

bugless (comparative more bugless, superlative most bugless)

more bugless (comparative)
most bugless (superlative)


multiloader

From multiload + -er or multi- + loader.

The other game in the package is the official adventure of the film The Neverending Story. Again, the original version was a multiloader, although this time the game came in four chunks. The 128 version is another single load program, which makes it far more enjoyable to play.

1986 April, Julian Rignall, “All the Little Extra Bits”, in Crash, number 27

What those first games had though, which Licence To Kill doesn't, is a reasonable level of originality. They were multiloaders with several very different (if slightly crap) levels, while this one is more of a vertically-scrolling shoot-'em-up with very minor differences between levels.

1990 December, Jonathan Davies, “The YS Complete Guide to Film and TV Licences”, in Your Sinclair, number 60

(computing, dated) A piece of software that multiloads.


windowlike

windowlike (comparative more windowlike, superlative most windowlike)

more windowlike (comparative)
most windowlike (superlative)

(graphical user interface) Resembling a window (a rectangular area displaying the output of a program).


kbd

en-noun

kbd (countable and uncountable, plural kbds)


Napster

Named after Napster, a file-sharing system (not itself a website) that facilitated the copying of copyrighted MP3 audio files, itself named after a nickname of its creator Shawn Fanning, referring to his nappy-textured hair; hence nap + -ster.

(Internet) Any website that facilitates free distribution of data.


no-life

en-verb

no-life (third-person singular simple present no-lifes, present participle no-lifing, simple past and past participle no-lifed)

no-lifes (present singular third-person)
no-lifing (participle present)
no-lifed (participle past)
no-lifed (past)

(transitive, video games) To spend most or all one's time on.


client-side

Client-side validation of data is dangerous because the client might be malicious.

(computing, networking) Occurring on the client (local machine) rather than the server (remote machine).

πλευρά-πελάτη

occurring on the client (local machine) rather than the server (remote machine)


unhackable

en-adj

unhackable (comparative more unhackable, superlative most unhackable)

more unhackable (comparative)
most unhackable (superlative)

With Vista, parents for the first time have powerful, easy-to-use, practically unhackable tools to control and monitor just about everything their children do with the home computer, online and off.

2007 January 8, Seth Schiesel, “For Parents, New Ways to Control the Action”, in New York Times

(computing) Not hackable; that cannot be hacked or broken into.


DLC

(video games) Initialism of downloadable content: additional content for a video game, delivered via online distribution.


server-side

We use server-side processing to reduce the load on the individual clients.

(computing, networking) Occurring on the server (remote machine) rather than the client (local machine).

πλευρά-εξυπηρετητή

occurring on the server (remote machine) rather than the client (local machine)


unversioned

(computing) Not versioned; not subject to versioning.


SML

(programming) Initialism of Standard ML (a functional, modular programming language)


P-complete

(computing theory) Describing any problem in the complexity class P to which there exists a polynomial time mapping from any other problem in P.

P-täydellinen

describing any problem in P to which there exists a polynomial time mapping from any other problem in P


P-complete

(computing theory) The set of such problems.


APM

en-noun

APM (countable and uncountable, plural APMs)

(computing, uncountable) Initialism of advanced power management.

(computing) Initialism of application performance management/monitoring.


APM

Apple Partition Map
w:Apple Partition Map

(computing) Initialism of Apple Partition Map.


versioned

(computing) Subject to versioning; of which more than one version may be stored.


kitchen table software

So much for kitchen-table software being small potatoes.

1986, Personal computer, Software Communications, page 91

However, the need to evaluate software before buying is no less important than in the days of the kitchen-table software developer.

1987, Jimmy D. Lindsey, Computers and exceptional individuals, page 54

More and more vendors, from IBM to "kitchen table" software authors, seem to be heading in this direction.

2003 January 8, Robin Miller, “The business of making Linux easier to use”, in linux.com, retrieved 2009-05-08

(dated, idiomatic, computing) Especially in the early years of personal computers, a set of computer programs developed by an entrepreneurial advanced amateur or self-employed professional computer programmer in his or her own home; software developed by a small business using the services of such programmers.


multimethod

(object-oriented programming) A method that uses multiple dispatch, allowing various implementations to be called depending on the types of the arguments.


microdata

(computing) Data stored in a microformat.


redimension

en-verb

redimension (third-person singular simple present redimensions, present participle redimensioning, simple past and past participle redimensioned)

redimensions (present singular third-person)
redimensioning (participle present)
redimensioned (participle past)
redimensioned (past)

(transitive, programming) To resize (an array or similar data structure) so as to change its dimensionality; to reallocate.


plugfest

In the New Serial Bus (NSB) plugfest, the FooMonkey device was unable to connect to a NSB controller and therefore did not receive compliance certification.

(computing, informal) An event during which hardware devices are tested for interoperability with emerging standards by physically connecting them together.


capture the flag

first-person shooter
first-person shooter

(video games) A computer game with similar rules, usually in first-person shooter format.


reflag

reflag (third-person singular simple present reflags, present participle reflagging, simple past and past participle reflagged)

reflags (present singular third-person)
reflagging (participle present)
reflagged (participle past)
reflagged (past)

In addition, it is only necessary to reflag the cells that lie along the free surface and some of their neighbor cells in each computational step.

1991, Luiz C Wrobel, C A Brebbia, Computational Modelling of Free and Moving Boundary Problems: Fluid flow

(computing, transitive) To flag (mark with a variable) again or differently.


remoting

The remoting infrastructure supports multiple activation models...

2002, Ben Albahari, Peter Drayton, Brad Merrill, C# essentials

A number of different remoting styles are used in today's middleware systems.

2004, Markus Völter, Michael Kircher, Uwe Zdun, Remoting patterns

Java provides innate support for a good selection of remoting mechanisms...

2007, Dave Minter, Steven Devijver, Beginning Spring 2: From Novice to Professional

(computing, programming) A technology that allows a program to interact with the internals of another program running on a different machine.


tbyte

(programming) An 80-bit (10-byte) integer.


GIF

(computing) A bitmap image format for pictures with support for multiple images per file or animations, and up to 256 distinct colors per frame, including a fully transparent color.

An image encoded in GIF file format; the resulting file.

(Internet, by extension) Any short video, in a format directly supported by HTML5 (ie. GIF, MP4, WebM)


chiclet keyboard

en-noun

chiclet keyboard (plural chiclet keyboards)

From Chiclets (itself from chicle), a brand of chewing gum bearing some resemblance to the keys.

At the best of times it's difficult to type on a chiclet keyboard.

1984 February, Popular Mechanics, volume 161, number 2

The chiclet keyboard and single-line LED display do not permit rapid data entry and text editing...

1985, Linda Gail Christie, The Simon and Schuster guide to computer peripherals

[…] clamshell-like devices with a tiny chiclet keyboard, a stylus for selecting and pointing, and a black-and-white Windows 95-like user interface.

2002, Paul B Thurrott, Windows XP home networking

(computing, informal) Any of various early computer keyboards having an array of small, flat rectangular or lozenge-shaped rubber or plastic keys.


subnode

Without subnodes, all instances of a data source type share the configuration parameters.

2008, “Selecting subnode configuration properties”, in publib.boulder.ibm.com

(computing theory) A node within another node of a network or element in a data structure.


overloop

Well , they certainly didn't know about loops yet, much less closed loops and overloops.

1998, Dan Parkinson, The Whispers, page 133

In contrast to the loop-based construction, the overloop-based algorithm (Algo.2) suppresses this problem completely.

2011, Béatrice Bouchou-Markhoff, Pascal Caron, Jean-Marc Champarnaud ·, Implementation and Application of Automata, page 174

(computing) An outer loop; A loop that contains an inner loop.


derain

en-verb

derain (third-person singular simple present derains, present participle deraining, simple past and past participle derained)

derains (present singular third-person)
deraining (participle present)
derained (participle past)
derained (past)

From de- + rain. Compare deraining (noun).

Hence, in our proposed pipeline, we derain first, then followed by dehazing and at last finished with deraining.

2017, Yang, Wenhan, Robby T. Tan, Jiashi Feng, Jiaying Liu, Zongming Guo, and Shuicheng Yan, “Deep joint rain detection and removal from a single image.”, in Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition

It is demonstrated that the proposed method yields in relatively higher performance in comparison to other state-of-the-art deraining models in terms of derained image quality and computing efficiency.

2018, Chen Li, Yecai Guo, Qi Liu, Xiaodong Liu, “DR-Net: A Novel Generative Adversarial Network for Single Image Deraining”, in Security and Communication Networks, →DOI

(machine learning) To remove rain from an image.


deraining

In contrast to other common strategies that increase depth or breadth of the network, we use image processing domain knowledge to modify the objective function and improve deraining with a modestly sized CNN.

2017, Xueyang Fu, Jiabin Huang, Xinghao Ding, Yinghao Liao, John Paisley, “Clearing the Skies: A Deep Network Architecture for Single-Image Rain Removal”, in IEEE Transactions on Image Processing, →DOI

Images captured in rainy days suffer from noticeable degradation of scene visibility. The goal of single image deraining algorithms is to generate sharp images from a rainy image input.

2019, S. Li, I. B. Araujo, W. Ren, Z. Wang, E. K. Tokuda, R. H. Junior, R. Cesar-Junior, J. Zhang, X. Guo, X. Cao, “Single image deraining: A comprehensive benchmark analysis”, in Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, page 3838

(machine learning) The removal of rain from an image or video.


NDK

(Android, computing) Initialism of Native Development Kit.


scroller

In fact there were already such scrollers before but as the creators told it in the scroller, they wrote this routine two years before releasing the demo […]

2005, Tamás Polgár, Freax: The Brief History of the Demoscene, volume 1, page 65

(demoscene) Synonym of scrolly (“scrolling message”)


charityware

(computing) Software distributed in a way that benefits a charity, as by users being encouraged to donate to the charity in lieu of paying for the software.


cookieless

Cookieless sessions enable you to take advantage of session state without relying on browser cookies.

2004, Stephen Walther, ASP.NET unleashed

(computing, Internet) Without the use of HTTP cookies.


bool

From a keyword in C++ and derived programming languages, short for Boolean.

The base class BitArray acts just like a normal C++ array of bools, although you are of course free to interpret the bits as integers […]

2000, Mark A DeLoura, Game programming gems

With an automatic conversion, bools will interfere with overload resolution […]

Listing 7-11 shows an example where the initial data type is string, but I will obtain its value as a bool.

2007, Joseph C Rattz, Pro LINQ: Language Integrated Query in C# 2008

(programming) A Boolean variable (one whose value is either true or false).


static typing

(programming) A system in which typechecking is performed during compilation and not at run time, opposed to dynamic typing.

statische Typisierung

in programming: type checking at compile time


dynamic typing

(programming) A system in which typechecking is performed at run time and not at compilation, opposed to static typing.

dynamische Typisierung

in programming: type checking performed at run time


bivariant

(programming) Both covariant and contravariant.


adminhood

(Internet, rare) The state or period of being an admin.


advergame

Some advertisers have taken casual gaming a step further, creating their own casual games — sometimes called advergames — and posting them on their Web sites.

2007 January 24, Louise Story, “More Marketers Are Grabbing the Attention of Players During Online Games”, in New York Times

(informal) A computer game published by an advertiser in order to promote a product or service.


guiltware

(computing, informal) Software that attempts to convince the user to fulfil some obligation (such as registration or donation to a charity) by eliciting feelings of guilt.


scareware

(computing, informal) Software that attempts to scare the user into compliance, as by displaying false warnings of virus infection.


payware

(computing, informal) Software for which a payment is required, as opposed to freeware.


careware

Some careware is distributed free, and the author suggests that some payment be made to a nominated charity. Other careware includes a levy for charity on top of the distribution charge.

2007, Jielin Dong, Network Dictionary, page 86


emailware

(computing) Software whose users are encouraged to send the creator an e-mail message in lieu of payment or registration.


unblockable

(video games) An attacking move that cannot be blocked by an opposing fighter.


annoyware

[…]where you should put the disclaimer for software (somewhere that the user sees it when they start the program, tho' I wouldn't do that, just put it in the 'about' box like the mpgn.com guy suggests -- otherwise, having something pop up makes it annoyware, IMHO).

1994 September 8, Kendall Bullen, “COPYRIGHT POLICY”, in rec.games.frp (Usenet)

(computing, informal) Software that annoys the user, as by displaying constant advertisements or reminders to register.


CCW

(computing, IBM) Initialism of channel command word.


podhead

Many Podheads got very excited when gadget-guru Web sites — like Slashdot.org and iPoding.com — reported that Apple had buried a super-secret debugger program in the iPod software […]

2004, J D Biersdorfer, David Pogue, iPod and iTunes: the missing manual

(slang) One who is obsessed with his or her iPod.


Kleene star

After Stephen Cole Kleene (1909-1994), American mathematician.

Coordinate term: Kleene plus

(logic, computing theory) The asterisk, *, used as an operator to concatenate zero or more strings from a given set, widely used in regular expressions.


netcast

(Internet) A broadcast transmitted over the Internet, such as a podcast.


pushlet

(Internet, rare) A push mechanism in which the Web server takes advantage of persistent HTTP connections and leaves the response unterminated so that it can continue to send information.


rerender

rerender (third-person singular simple present rerenders, present participle rerendering, simple past and past participle rerendered)

rerenders (present singular third-person)
rerendering (participle present)
rerendered (participle past)
rerendered (past)

There was a slight delay while the program rerendered the image in its new perspective.


Nagios

A recursive acronym: "Nagios ain't gonna insist on sainthood". This is a reference to the original name of the software, NetSaint, which was changed in response to a legal challenge by owners of a similar trademark. Also a combination of "N" for "net" and "agios", Greek for "saint".

An open-source software application for monitoring computer systems and networks.


turboloader

Who wants to sell a c64 1541 turboloader cartridge to me ????

1998, Freddy Krueger, “1541 turboloader cartridge wanted !!”, in comp.sys.cbm (Usenet)

If it's just a standard loader, Taper (or various other utilities) will allow you to convert a .voc into a .tap. If it's a turboloader of any sort, you're out of luck.

1998, Philip Kendall, “Voc to Something”, in comp.sys.sinclair (Usenet)


uint

(programming) Abbreviation of unsigned integer.


netcronym

(Internet, informal, rare) An acronym or initialism used on the Internet, such as LOL for "laugh out loud".


multiagent

artificial intelligence
artificial intelligence

(computing, artificial intelligence) Involving more than one agent (actor that can make decisions).


botlike

en-adj

botlike (comparative more botlike, superlative most botlike)

more botlike (comparative)
most botlike (superlative)

The combination of communication with a known C&C server and botlike activity is usually enough to conclude this is a positive determination of a botnet.

2008, Harold F Tipton, Micki Krause, Information security management handbook

(computing) Resembling a bot (automated software process).


hackily

en-adv

hackily (comparative more hackily, superlative most hackily)

more hackily (comparative)
most hackily (superlative)


sitelet

Commerce Server 2002 does come with an auction sitelet, which is a less-than fully functional e-commerce site designed to demonstrate the use of Commerce Server's Auction object.

2002, Don Jones, Mark D Scott, Using Microsoft Commerce Server 2002

2002, Art Directors Club (New York), Art directors annual
The intros and the sitelet make up a turn-of-the-new-century period piece that shows how very invisible high tech has become […]

The Sierra Club provides a sitelet called "Take Action" for information on such issues as global warming, energy, population, and responsible trade.

2003, Jenny Lynn Friedman, The busy family's guide to volunteering

The Toyota Yaris sitelet incorporates animated features that encourage visitors to click through to learn more about the vehicle.

2008, Kim Baer, Jill Vacarra, Information Design Workbook


pointerless

We will see, however, that the pointerless techniques are seldom satisfactory. Implementations of trees tend to be more complex than those of ordered lists.

1989, Allen Kent, James G Williams, Rosalind Kent, Encyclopedia of Microcomputers: Volume 4

The list representation is a pointerless representation that facilitates sequential access but is inefficient for random access to specific image elements.

1992, Giorgio Gambosi, Michel O Scholl, Hans-Werner Six, Geographic database management systems: workshop proceedings, Capri, Italy

But we can't use function pointers as we would in C++, and not just for the ideological reason that it doesn't enter into the spirit of the brave new pointerless world of the CLR.

2003, Ian Griffiths, Matthew Adams, .NET Windows forms in a nutshell, page 18

(computing, programming) Without the use of pointers.


Ammy

Hi. I used to have a CPC464 and now have an Amiga 1200. I've moved to Edinburgh for Uni, and left the Ammy for my younger brother and sister. However, I wouldn't mind being able to play all the old classics...

1995, Paul Branney, “CPC464+ wanted”, in comp.sys.amstrad.8bit (Usenet)

Hi all. A few weeks ago I asked for information on how I could get a replacement 3" drive for/repair to my Amstrad 6128. Glad to say that the drive has now been fixed and my lovely Ammy now works a treat.

1998, D Mazzetti, “CPC 6128”, in comp.sys.amstrad.8bit (Usenet)

Has anyone got an 6128 for sale?

1999, Paul Morse, “Ammy 6128”, in comp.sys.amstrad.8bit (Usenet)

(computing, informal) An Amstrad CPC computer.


UUID

(computing) Initialism of universally unique identifier.


bytewise

Our bitwise multiset attacks naturally extend to bytewise multiset attacks, because the multiset characteristics are based on the bytewise XOR-sum property. Tetsu Iwata, Jung Hee Cheon (2015 November 26) Advances in Cryptology – ASIACRYPT 2015: 21st International Conference on the Theory and Application of Cryptology and Information Security, Auckland, New Zealand, November 29 -- December 3, 2015, Proceedings, Springer

(computing) In terms of bytes, or one byte at a time.


autoboot

en-verb

autoboot (third-person singular simple present autoboots, present participle autobooting, simple past and past participle autobooted)

autoboots (present singular third-person)
autobooting (participle present)
autobooted (participle past)
autobooted (past)


autoboot

(computing) The automatic booting of a system.


autostart

autostart (third-person singular simple present autostarts, present participle autostarting, simple past and past participle autostarted)

autostarts (present singular third-person)
autostarting (participle present)
autostarted (participle past)
autostarted (past)

(transitive, intransitive, computing) To start automatically.


autostart

en-noun

autostart (countable and uncountable, plural autostarts)

When you utilize this option, the autostart and autostop options are added to the virtual machine's vmx file. You can also take this a step further and define the startup and shutdown order of the virtual machines […]

2011, Rogier Dittner, David Rule, The Best Damn Server Virtualization Book Period, page 807

(computing) (An instance of) automatic starting.

Vundo installs two autostarts—one a WinLogon Notify and the other a BHO—that reference the same randomly named infective DLL file.

2006, Dave Kleiman, editor, Winternals Defragmentation, Recovery, and Administration Field Guide, page 104

EnCase 6 has a new folder “Main” and is utilized as an autostart. Inside the Main folder is the Tool Menu Plugin script that loads on startup […]

2008, Steve Bunting, EnCE: The Official EnCase Certified Examiner Study Guide, 2nd edition, page 510

This category of autostarts comprises packages that define or extend user authentication for Windows, via the Local Security Authority (LSA).

2011, Mark E. Russinovich, Aaron Margosis, Windows Sysinternals Administrator’s Reference, 1st edition

(computing) A program or application set to start automatically.


non-binary

Please don't post non-binaries into alt.binaries.doom. Pretty please.

1994 June 7, "Zhar", Don't Post Non-Binaries In alt.binaries.doom, alt.games.doom, Usnet

(computing) Something which is not a binary; a computer file that is not readable text.


cycle time

Order cycle time can now be minutes from when the customer starts entering an order to when it is visible to the warehouse.

Production cycle time is not as important as the time spent in transit.

Design cycle time for an all-new state-of-the-art compressor is still years from go-ahead to readiness for manufacture.

(computing, software, computer science) The total elapsed time to complete an operation or set of operations.


deduplication

deduplication (countable and uncountable, plural deduplications)

(computing) The elimination of redundant duplicate data.


empty graph

The empty graph with n vertices is denoted as Eₙ.

(graph theory) A graph with vertices but no edges.


maskable

(computing, usually of an interrupt) That can be masked (disabled).


XSL

(computing) Extensible stylesheet language, any of a family of languages in which code can be written to describe how XML files are to be transformed.


snerk

(Internet, slang) Expressing amusement; a snicker, or a snort of laughter.


snerk

en-verb

snerk (third-person singular simple present snerks, present participle snerking, simple past and past participle snerked)

snerks (present singular third-person)
snerking (participle present)
snerked (participle past)
snerked (past)

(Internet, slang) To snicker or snort with laughter to express amusement.


undirected path

en-noun

undirected path (plural undirected paths)

A path x→y←z is an undirected path.

(graph theory) In a directed graph, a path in which the edges are not all oriented in the same direction.


directed path

A path x→y→z is a directed path.

(graph theory) In a directed graph, a path in which the edges are all oriented in the same direction.


autoresponder

(computing) A computer program that automatically sends a certain message or messages in response to incoming e-mail.


denormalize

en-verb

denormalize (third-person singular simple present denormalizes, present participle denormalizing, simple past and past participle denormalized)

denormalizes (present singular third-person)
denormalizing (participle present)
denormalized (participle past)
denormalized (past)

Some developers regularly denormalize portions of the database in an attempt to improve performance.

2011, Paul Nielsen, Uttam Parui, Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Bible, John Wiley & Sons, page 516

(transitive, databases) To add redundancy to (a database schema), the opposite of normalization, typically in order to optimize its performance.


denormalized

(computing theory, of a number) Denormal.

(databases, of a schema) Containing redundant data to improve performance.


autocompletion

en-noun

autocompletion (countable and uncountable, plural autocompletions)

(computing) A software feature permitting form fields, etc., to be autocompleted.


subheader

(computing) A header that appears below another header and describes a subsection of its contents.


full disclosure

full disclosure (usually uncountable, plural full disclosures)

(computing) The disclosure of all security flaws in a product.


DYSWIDT

Possibly from a catchphrase of British comedians Lee and Herring.

(Internet, informal) Initialism of do you see what I did there?: (used ironically to draw attention to wordplay, etc.)


counterless

a counterless loop

(programming) Without a variable used to keep count.


circle-strafe

en-verb

circle-strafe (third-person singular simple present circle-strafes, present participle circle-strafing, simple past and past participle circle-strafed)

circle-strafes (present singular third-person)
circle-strafing (participle present)
circle-strafed (participle past)
circle-strafed (past)

(intransitive, video games) To move around a target in circular fashion while facing it, in order to avoid counterattacks while attacking at close range.


keyset

(computing, telegraphy) An input device whose few keys can be pressed in many combinations, often simultaneously, to enter different commands or characters.

(computing, databases) A set of keys (unique identifiers) used to distinguish the rows of data being traversed by a cursor.


ad inventory

(Internet) The number of page views that a website receives.


listserve

From LISTSERV (a trademark), the first electronic mailing list software application, launched in 1986.

This listserve actually is instrumental in providing me with some background and insights into topics of conversation — so it helps me to meet our students...

1996, Association for Asian Studies, Education about Asia

What steps can an organization take to minimize liability for third-party communications in a listserve or other interactive forum?

2000, Elizabeth Kingsley, E-advocacy for nonprofits

For example, if you are interested in IV therapy nursing, there is a listserve for IV therapy nurses...

2001, B Gayle Twiname, Sandra M Boyd, Student nurse handbook: difficult concepts made easy

We will focus particularly on an analysis of participation on a listserve that the class utilized on an extended basis...

2004, Margaret R Hawkins, Language learning and teacher education: a sociocultural approach

(Internet) An electronic mailing list using the medium of e-mail.


modifier key

Ctrl, Alt, and Shift are the modifier keys on a typical modern keyboard.

(computing) A key (on a computer keyboard) that may be pressed simultaneously with certain other keys to activate predefined functions.

πλήκτρο τροποποίησης

computing: a key (on a computer keyboard) that may be pressed simultaneously with certain other keys to activate predefined functions


keycode

(computing) A code that represents a keypress.

näppäinkoodi

computing: code that represents a keypress


course authoring tool

en-noun

course authoring tool (plural course authoring tools)

Course authoring tools are special-purpose tools for creating e-learning courses

2003, Katherine Horton, E-learning tools and technologies, page 280

(education, computing, technology) Software designed for creating e-learning courses.


LMS

LMS (countable and uncountable, plural LMSs)

last man standing
last man standing#English

(video games) Initialism of last man standing.


proxyless

(computing, rare) Without the use of a proxy.


grilf

Deliberate error for girlf as an abbreviation of girlfriend.

(Internet, slang, humorous) A girlfriend.


VTX

(computing, dated) Abbreviation of videotex.


metafile

(computing) A file in any format that can store multiple types of data, typically a graphics file format.


Bing

(Internet) A search engine introduced by Microsoft in 2009.


teleprogram

The architecture should provide for a reliable communication infrastructure required for the transfer of files (teleprograms, displayable pages...

1983, Ján Gecsei, The architecture of videotex systems

After having finished composing the text, the teleprogram tells the PI0 to establish the telephone connection to the VTX center and sends the text...

1984, Hugh T Smith, Computer-based message services

Obviously, appropriate interfaces between the magazine-manager and the teleprograms will have to be made. At this point such systems are not yet implemented...

1985, OCLC FirstSearch Electronic Collections Online, Information services and use

(computing, dated, rare) Any computer program acquired as telesoftware.


unlogged

an unlogged user


big O notation

From the capital letter O (short for order) used in the notation.

(mathematics, computing theory) A particular notation, useful in the analysis of algorithms, which describes the limiting behavior of a function when the argument tends towards a particular value or infinity, usually in terms of simpler functions.


hackable

en-adj

hackable (comparative more hackable, superlative most hackable)

more hackable (comparative)
most hackable (superlative)

(computing) That can be hacked or broken into; insecure, vulnerable.


DAO

en-noun

DAO (countable and uncountable, plural DAOs)

(computing) Initialism of disk-at-once, an optical disk recording mode.

data access object
data access object#English

(software engineering) Initialism of data access object, a design pattern.

As the name suggests, DAOs are autonomous entities that subsist independently from any legal or moral entity. After they have been created and deployed onto the internet, they no longer need (nor heed) their creators.

2014 March 8, Primavera De Filippi, “Tomorrow's Apps Will Come From Brilliant (And Risky) Bitcoin Code”, in Wired, →ISSN

Humans aren't in charge, they are on the edges. AI is what makes the decisions and the DAO maintains itself. DAOs aren't just defined by having AI make all the decisions, they also have their own internal capital.

2016, Siraj Raval, Decentralized Applications, O'Reilly Media

But with the mayor’s backing, Mr. Nelson is planning to establish a trust fund that would serve as the basis of the DAO. “I’m dreaming,” he said. “Two Harbors could turn into Disneyland.”

2022 January 25, David Yaffe-Bellany, “The Rise of the Crypto Mayors”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

DAOs, which have been described as “financial flash mobs” or “group chats with bank accounts,” are among the fastest-growing parts of the crypto ecosystem.

2022 March 2, Erin Woo, Kevin Roose, “This Social Club Runs On Crypto Tokens and Vibes”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

decentralized autonomous organization
w:decentralized autonomous organization

(cryptocurrencies, Web3) Acronym of decentralized autonomous organization, an autonomous entity based on smart contracts on a blockchain.


DAO

Dragon Age: Origins
w:Dragon Age: Origins

(fandom slang) Initialism of Dragon Age: Origins.


mouseover

(computing) The event of an on-screen pointer being over an on-screen shape.


anonymizer

(Internet) A software tool that attempts to make a user's Internet activity untraceable by acting as a proxy.


superconnected

en-adj

superconnected (comparative more superconnected, superlative most superconnected)

more superconnected (comparative)
most superconnected (superlative)

For a superconnected probe interval graph G, a tree 4-spanner can be constructed easily.

2003, H. L. Bodlaender, Graph-theoretic concepts in computer science: 29th International Workshop

(graph theory, of a graph) Whose every minimum vertex cut leads to isolated vertices.


undeclare

en-verb

undeclare (third-person singular simple present undeclares, present participle undeclaring, simple past and past participle undeclared)

undeclares (present singular third-person)
undeclaring (participle present)
undeclared (participle past)
undeclared (past)

(transitive, programming) To revoke the declaration of (a variable, namespace, etc.) so that it is no longer available.


webspace

en-noun

webspace (usually uncountable, plural webspaces)

Some Internet providers offer free webspace to subscribers.

(Internet) Disk space used to store web pages and other content that can be accessed through the World Wide Web.


unformat

en-verb

unformat (third-person singular simple present unformats, present participle unformatting, simple past and past participle unformatted)

unformats (present singular third-person)
unformatting (participle present)
unformatted (participle past)
unformatted (past)

Fatcat also fails to warn you that unformatting will trash any files copied to the unintentionally formatted disk.

This step releases the button so that it isn't pressed in anymore, and the formatting should disappear. If one click doesn't do the trick, then some of the text probably wasn't formatted. It is now! Click the button again to unformat the text.

1999, Margaret Levine Young, David C. Kay, Kathy Warfel, WordPerfect 9 for Windows For Dummies, page 119

(computing) To remove or undo a format; to reverse the formatting of a disk.


autochanger

(computing) An automatic tape loader, for switching automatically between several computer backup tapes.


bug out

bug out (third-person singular simple present bugs out, present participle bugging out, simple past and past participle bugged out)

bugs out (present singular third-person)
bugging out (participle present)
bugged out (participle past)
bugged out (past)

Attested 1950, popularized in the Korean War (1950–53) in such phrases as “bug-out fever” (rout) and “the big bug out” (November/December 1950 retreat) and entered civilian slang by mid 1950s. Likely originated in World War II, perhaps based on 1930s cartoons featuring bugs fleeing an impending foot or boot. Ultimately based on the rapid, disorderly flight of bugs when discovered, particularly their scattering if several are discovered at once, such as under a rock or can. Compare chicken out.

My PC keeps bugging out and rebooting for no reason.

(intransitive, slang, computing) To crash or glitch.


Hackintosh

(computing, informal) A computer other than a Macintosh that has been configured to run the Macintosh operating system (OS X or macOS).


web conference

The ABC Company will be hosting a web conference on "Remaining Profitable in a Recession Period".

(computing) A meeting, presentation or other communication hosted via the World Wide Web.

網絡研討會

meeting, presentation or communication conducted via the World Wide Web


casual gaming

(video games) The playing of casual games.


IPU

Invisible Pink Unicorn
Invisible Pink Unicorn#English

(Internet, informal, humorous) Initialism of Invisible Pink Unicorn.


zombie process

en-noun

zombie process (plural zombie processes)

(computing) A child process that has terminated but is still listed in the process table, having not yet been reaped by its parent process.


player versus player

(video games, roleplaying games) A form of multiplayer interaction in which human players compete against each other.


integrity

integrity (countable and uncountable, plural integrities)

/ɪnˈtɛɡɹəti/

/ɪnˈtɛɡɹɪti/

Borrowed from Middle French intégrité, from Latin integritās (“soundness, integrity”), from integer. Doublet of entirety.

der

(cryptography) With regards to data encryption, ensuring that information is not altered by unauthorized persons in a way that is not detectable by authorized users.


expansion pack

(computing) A module that adds new content to an existing piece of software.

(video games, by extension) An add-on for a video game that includes additional content and is typically sold separately.


trustless

A trustless network can run even if none of its nodes trusts another.

In the trustless cryptocurrency world, you can still trust the cryptocurrency community and its mechanisms to ensure that the blockchain contains an accurate and immutable—unchangeable—record of cryptocurrency transactions.

2019, Peter Kent, Tyler Bain, Cryptocurrency Mining For Dummies, John Wiley & Sons, page 30

This article draws from the extensive academic discussion on the concepts of “trust” and “confidence” to argue that blockchain technology is not a ‘trustless technology’ but rather a ‘confidence machine’.

2020 August, Primavera De Filippi, Morshed Mannan, Wessel Reijers, “Blockchain as a confidence machine: The problem of trust & challenges of governance”, in Technology in Society, volume 62, →DOI

If it becomes cheaper to use a TTP to verify the transaction than some cryptographic or other automated mechanism, then the benefit of being “trustless” becomes an illusion.

2021, Shin'ichiro Matsuo, Nat Sakimura, editors, Blockchain Gaps: From Myth to Real Life, Springer Nature, page 34

And the system would be “trustless” — that is, it would not rely on a trusted party, such as a bank or government, to arbitrate transactions.

2022 June 7, Siobhan Roberts, “How ‘Trustless’ Is Bitcoin, Really?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

(computing, cryptocurrencies) Which does not need any trust, or a trusted third party.


MRU

The MRU list on the File menu shows the documents you have opened recently.

(computing) Initialism of most recently used.


Although discs-in-boxes games didn't care if their apples made you barf, F2P has necessitated a way of dealing with the problem by using sessioning.

2013, Will Luton, Free-to-Play: Making Money From Games You Give Away, New Riders, page 40

(video games) Abbreviation of free-to-play.


queuer

(computing) A process, etc. that places data items on a queue.


searchability

en-noun

searchability (countable and uncountable, plural searchabilities)

(uncountable, computing) The state of being searchable.

(countable, computing) The extent to which, or ease with which something may be searched.


SWT

object-oriented programming
object-oriented programming

Standard Widget Toolkit
w:Standard Widget Toolkit

(software, object-oriented programming) Initialism of Standard Widget Toolkit. (a graphical widget toolkit for use with the Java platform)


TAS

(video games, speedrunning) Initialism of tool-assisted speedrun.

(video games) Initialism of tool-assisted superplay.


TAS

en-verb

TAS (third-person singular simple present TASes, present participle TASing, simple past and past participle TASed)

TASes (present singular third-person)
TASing (participle present)
TASed (participle past)
TASed (past)

(video games) To create or contribute to a tool-assisted speedrun or superplay.


MySpacer

Many MySpacers have at least a few celebrity names in their list […]

2007, Peter Buckley, Rough guide to MySpace and online communities

When you sign up for the account and start building your network of fellow MySpacers, you are forced to put a limited number of them on your home screen.

To MySpacers the traditional idea of a 'work ethic' does not apply. Home is the only safe place to be (so many continue living with their parents).

2009, Nigel F Piercy, Nikala Lane, Strategic Customer Management: Strategizing the Sales Organization

(Internet, informal) A member of the social networking website MySpace.


Habbo

(Internet, video games) A member of the social networking website Habbo.


Google-fu

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From Google + -fu (suffix indicating expertise or mastery).

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If you need to brush up on your Google-fu, check out Google Hacking for Penetration Testing from the talented and modest Johnny Long.

2006, Johnny Long, Max Moser, Penetration Tester's Open Source Toolkit, Syngress, page 107

... they think they have all the Google-fu they'll ever need ...

2007, Eli Neiburger, Gamers... in the Library?!, ALA Editions, page 3

Coworkers seek out my Googling abilities. My Google-Fu is strong.

2007, Ben Grabow, "Big Brother Is Watching You Google", Scripps Howard News Service, May 9, E. W. Scripps

... one thing that I did notice when I was doing a little google-fu on the issue is that there appears to be approximately 20 to 50 billion dollars spent by the federal government ...

2008 May 5, Kevin Drum, “Political Animal: Corporate Welfare in the Oil Patch”, in Washington Monthly

Oh, dang, I blogged about this once and can't find my blog post now (anyone with better Google-fu than I want to help?)

2008 August 6, Robin Abrahams, “Miss Conduct Chat”, in The Boston Globe

[Gary] Small suggests the inexperienced may register less brain activity because they haven't yet figured out the right strategies required to perform a successful search. In other words, their Google-fu is weak.

2008 October 16, Austin Modine, “Internet searches stimulate brain more than books: Assuming good Google-fu”, in The Register

Kitty sighed. “It's worth looking into.” She pointed at the nearest computer. “Ed, I need your Googlefu.” Ed swung around and poised his fingers over the keyboard.

2015, Gretchen McNeil, Get Dirty, HarperCollins

(informal) A skill in using search engines (especially Google) to quickly find useful information on the Internet.


code face

[…] hype merchants of the computing world are up and running off towards the horizon before the IS workers toiling away at the code face are even crawling.

1992, Patrick A V Hall, Software reuse and reverse engineering in practice

Why is it that, everywhere we look in the software world from academics, for whom computation is an abstract notion way above the trivializing clutter of actual computers, to hard-core systems designers and programmers, people actually working at the code face (as it were), we encounter this urge to apologize for the current techniques and to seek improvement?

1992, Derek Partridge, Engineering artificial intelligence software

This was a CIO Magazine poll of senior managers, not a poll of programmers at the codeface. Programmers will get enough deserved blame in the Y2k aftermath; please don't incite undeserved blame.

1999, Barb Knox, “Y2K Optimism: Unjustified in survey”, in comp.software.year-2000 (Usenet)

Documentation is at least one conceptual step away from the code-face, out of date the moment it's written, and difficult to write […]

2003, Robert L Glass, Facts and Fallacies of Software Engineering

Code craft starts at the codeface; it's where we love to be. We programmers are never happier than when immersed in an editor, bashing out line after line of perfectly formed and well-executed source code.

2007, Pete Goodliffe, Code craft: the practice of writing excellent code

(computing, informal) The place where programmers develop source code (as opposed to conceptually distant areas such as design and marketing).


search engine optimization

en-noun

search engine optimization (uncountable)

(Internet) The use of various techniques to improve a web site's ranking in search engines in the hopes of attracting more visitors.

搜索引擎優化

improvement of a web site's ranking in search engines

optymalizacja dla wyszukiwarek internetowych