Index

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1NF

2NF

3NF

4GL

A

Absolute address

Actuator

Actuator
Actuator

A-D converter

A-D Converter
A-D Converter

ADA

ADA

Adaptive maintenance

Address

Address

Address bus

AI

ALGOL

Algorithm

Algorithm testing

ALU

Analogue

Analogue

AND

AND

Animation

Applet

Application generator

Application software

Archive file

Arithmetic shift

Array

Array (two-dimensional)
Array of records

Artificial Intelligence

Assembler

Assembler

Assembly language

ATM

B

Backup

Backus-Naur form

BACS

Bandwidth

Banking (on-line)

Banking system

Bar code

Bar code
Bar code

Bar code reader

Bar code reader

BASIC

BASIC

Batch processing

Batch processing

Binary

Binary

Binary search

Binary tree

Bit

Bit patterns

Block

BNF

Boolean

Booting

Branch

Break point

Bridge

Bubble sort

Buffer

Buffer

Bulletin board

Bus network

Bus network

Byte

C

C

C
C++

Cache

Cache RAM

CAD

CAL

Call-back

CAM

CASE

CD-ROM

Changeover

Character

Check digit

Checksum

Circuit switching

Circular linked list

Circular queue

COBOL

COBOL

Code generation

Code of Conduct

Code optimisation

Collision detecting

COM

Command interface

Command interface

Compiler

Compiler
Compiler
Compiler (the process of compilation)

Compile-time error

Computer Misuse Act

Computer system

Construct

Content-free software

Control bus

Control signal

Control system

Control unit

Copyright

Corrective maintenance

Count

CPU

Crime

CRC

Cross compiler

Current trends

Cyclic Redundancy Check

Cyclic shift

D

Data bus

Data capture

Data capture form

Data dictionary

Data dictionary

Data flow diagram

Data flow diagram

Data inconsistency

Data logging

Data logging

Data Protection Act

Data redundancy

Data security

Data transmission

Data types

Database

Database administrator

DBMS

DBMS
DBMS
DBMS

Debugger

Debugging

Declarative language

Dedicated computer
Dedicated keys

Design evaluation

Design validation

Device control

Dialogue box

Digital

Digital

Digital camera

Direct access

Direct changeover

Directory

Disaster planning

Disk cache

Distributed system

DLT

Documentation

Documentation

Double buffering

Double keying

Dry run

DTP

DTP

DVD

E

E-banking

E-commerce

Editor

EFT

EFTPOS

Electronic office

Email

Embedded system

Embedded System
Employment

Encryption

Encryption

Entity-relationship diagram

Error diagnostics

Execution error

Expert system

Exponent

External entity

Extranet

F

FAT

Feasibility study

Feedback

Field

Field

FIFO

File

File generations

File security

File update

Firewall

First Normal form

Fixed length record

Fixed point

Flat file

Flight simulator

Flip-flop

Floating point

Floppy disk

Foreign field

Foreign field

FORTRAN

Fourth Generation Language

FTP

Full duplex

Function

G

Gateway

Gateway

Generic software

Gigabyte

Global variable

Graph plotter

Graphics card

Graphics tablet

Greenhouse

GUI

GUI

H

Hacking
Hacking

Half duplex

Handshaking

I/O Peripheral equipment

Handwriting recognition

Hard disk

Hash address

Hash table

Hashing algorithm

HCI

HCI

Hexadecimal

Hierarchy

Hierarchy

High level language

High level language

HTML

HTML
Human Computer Interface
Hyperlink
Hypertext

Hypertext

I

I/O

Imperative language

Index

Indexed sequential file

Industrial robots

Information retrieval

In-order traversal

Insertion Sort

Integer

Integrated package

Interactive
Interactive

Interface

Interface

Interface generator

Internal sort

Internet

Internet

Interpreter

Interpreter
Interpreter

Interrupt

Interrupt register

Interrupt service routine

Intranet

Iron box

ISDN

ISP

ISP

Iteration

J

JAVA

Javascript

JCL

Job

Job queue

Joystick

K

Kerning

Key field

Key field

Keyboard

Kilobyte

L

LAN

Language evaluation

Leading

Length check

Lexical analysis

Library system

LIFO

Light pen

Linear list

Linear search

Linkage editor

Linked list

Linking loader

LISP

Loader

Local variable

Logical drive

Logical error

Logical operator

Logical operator

Logical shift

Look-up table

Low level language

Low level language

M

Machine code

Machine code

Macro

Magnetic disk

Magnetic strip

Magnetic tape

Maintenance

Mantissa

Masking

Master file

Master file
Master file
Master file

Medical diagnosis

Megabyte

Memory

Memory
Memory dump
Memory management

Memory map

Menu

MICR

MICR reader

Microfiche

Microfilm

MIDI

Mnemonic

Model

Modelling

Modem

Modular programming

Modulation

Module

Module

Monitor

Mouse

Multi-access

Multi-access
Multi-access

Multi-level index

Multiplexing

Multi-programming

Multi-programming

Multi-tasking

Multi-tasking

Multi-user system

Multi-user system

N

Nanotechnology

Natural language interface

Nested loop

Network

Network topology

Neural network

Newsgroup

Next Free Pointer

Node

Non-procedural language

Normalisation

NOT

NOT

Number crunching

O

Object

Object program

OCCAM

OCR

OCR reader

OMR

OMR reader

One-to-many

One-to-one

OOP

Operating system

Operating system

Optical disk

OR

OR

Order processing

Overflow (arithmetic)

Overflow area

P

Package-based language

Packet switching

Parallel port

Parallel processing

Parallel running

Parallel running

Parallel transmission

Parameter

Parameter
Parameter

Parity

Parity

Parse tree

Parsing

Partial dependency

Partition

PASCAL

Password

PDL

Perfective maintenance

Peripheral

PGP (Pretty Good Privacy)

Phased change

Physical drive

Physical security

Piloting

Pixel

Piracy

PL/1

Popping

Port

Portable

POS terminal

Post-order traversal

Precision

Pre-order traversal

Primary storage

Printer

Priority

Privacy

Problem analysis

Problem definition

Procedural language

Procedure

Process control

Program errors
Program version
Programming methods
Project management tool

PROLOG

Proof reading
Protocol

Prototyping

Pseudocode

Pushing

Q

Queue

Quicksort

R

RAID

RAM

RAM

Random access file

Range

Range check

Real

Real-time

Real-time
Real-time transaction processing
Real-time transaction processing

Record

Record

Record locking

Recursion

Register

Register

Relational database

Relative address

Relay

Relocatable code

Requirements analysis

Response time

Return address

Ring network

Robot

Rogue value

ROM

Root directory

Root node

Rotation

Router

RPN

RSI

Run-time error

S

Safety

Scanner

Scheduler

Scope

Secondary storage
Security

Security log

Selection

Semantic analysis

Sensor

Sensor
Sensor

Sequence

Sequential file

Sequential search

Sequential search

Serial file

Serial port

Serial search

Serial transmission

Shift function

Sign and magnitude

Simplex

Simulation

Single user system

Single user system

Smart card

Social impact

Soft key

Software engineering

Software engineering

Sound

Source program

Speech input

Speech recognition

Spooling

Spreadsheet

Spreadsheet

SQL

SQL
SQL

Stack

Standard module

Standard module

Star network

Start pointer

Stepwise refinement

Stock control

Store location

Store location

String

Structure

Subdirectory

Subroutine

Subroutine library

Subscript

Supermarket

Swapping

Symbol table

Syntax analysis

Syntax diagram

Syntax error

System configuration

System flow chart

System life cycle

System specification

Systems analysis

Systems analyst

Systems design

Systems design

Systems software

T

Table

Tag

Tag

Tape cartridge

TCP/IP

Technical manual

Tele-conferencing

Teletext

Teleworking

Terabyte

Terminal node

Test data selection

Test harness

Third Normal form

Time slice

Time slice

Token ring

Top-down design

Top-down design
Total

Touch screen

Trace

Trace table

Transaction file

Transaction file
Transaction file

Transaction log

Transcription error

Transitive dependency

Translation error
Translation program

Traversal

Two's complement

Type check

U

Underflow

USB
USB memory stick

User interface

User manual

Utility program

V

Validation

Variable length record

VBScript

Verification

Video conferencing

Virtual memory

Virtual reality

Virtual reality
Virus
Virus
Visual Basic

Visual language

Volatile

W

WAN

WAN

Weather forecasting

Web browser

Web page

WIMP

Word

Word processing

Word processing

WYSIWYG

X

XOR

XOR

YZ

ZIP disk