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Computer Science

Computer Science Terms

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A procedure or sequence of coded actions to accomplish a specific task Algorithm
The data transfer rate or transmission capacity of a computer network Bandwidth
A general term for a collection of networked data centers available to many users over the Internet Cloud
The process of identifying and removing errors from software or hardware Debugging
Hardware or software that enables one computer system to mimic or behave like another computer system Emulator
A network security system that monitors and controls incoming and outgoing network traffic Firewall
A three-letter acronym for a type of interface that allows users to interact with a device via visual indicators GUI
The base-16 number system Hexadecimal
The repetition of a process or sequence of code Iteration
An object-oriented programming language developed by Sun Microsystems Java
A program that is the core of a computer's operating system, with complete control over everything in the system Kernel
A file that records the events that occur in an operating system or other software program Log
Any program designed to cause damage to a computer, server, client, or network Malware
An empty or valueless variable or pointer Null
Software development by a public community rather than a single vendor Open Source
A programming language published in 1970 and named for a 17th century French mathematician Pascal
An abstract data type representing a a First-In-First-Out (FIFO) collection of items Queue
Non-volatile memory typically used to store firmware ROM
A data type representing any finite sequence of characters String
A unit of storage equal to 1,024 gigabytes Terabyte
An industry standard for consistent encoding & representation of the text for most of the world's writing systems Unicode
A data item containing a value that may change, based on conditions or information passed to the program Variable
A type of loop used in many programming languages that repeats a section of code until a condition is met While
A human- and machine-readable markup language defining a set of rules for encoding documents XML
A class of software bugs related to the formatting of dates beginning in the year 2000 Y2K
The file extension of an archive file format that supports lossless data compression ZIP
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