Computing & Digital 1-24
24 entries in the Computing & Digital compendium.
Android (operating system)World's most widely used operating system for smartphones.Assembly languageLow-level language with strong correspondence to machine code.C (programming language)General-purpose language created for Unix, widely used in systems programming.CSSStyle sheet language for web document presentation.Central processing unitPrimary processor executing computer program instructions.Character encodingConvention mapping characters to numeric values for digital use.CompilerSoftware that translates high-level code into low-level machine code.Computer architectureConceptual design defining how computer components interact.Computer fileA named collection of data managed as a unit.Computer hardwarePhysical parts of a computer directed by software.Computer keyboardPrimary computer input device since the 1970s.Computer monitorOutput device displaying computer information in pictorial or textual form.Computer mouseHand-held pointing device for computer cursor control.Computer networkA system of interconnected hosts communicating via protocols and hardware.Computer programA sequence of instructions executed by a computer.Computer programmingThe composition of instructions for computers to follow.Computer scienceStudy of computation, information, and automation spanning theory to application.Computer securitySubdiscipline of information security protecting digital systems and networks.Computer simulationRunning mathematical models on computers to represent real-world systems.ComputingGoal-oriented activity involving computing machinery and algorithmic processes.Data storageRecording information in physical media for retrieval.DatabaseOrganized data store managed by a database management system.AuthenticationAuthentication verifies identity or provenance across multiple fields.BarcodeVisual machine-readable code for automatic data capture.
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