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"Hello, World!" program

Traditional beginners' computer program

Filename extension

16-bit computing

Computer architecture bit width

Anonymous Japanese textboard founded in 1999

Tablet-laptop features computer

32-bit computing

Computer architecture

Anonymous imageboard website

64-bit computing

Computer architecture bit width

Family of archive file formats used by 7-Zip

8-bit computing

Calculating tool

Abstraction (computer science)

Technique for arranging complexity of computer systems

Ada (programming language)

High-level programming language first released in 1980

Set of application software to view, edit and manage files in Portable Document Format (PDF)

Adobe After Effects

Digital motion graphics and compositing software

Adobe Creative Suite

Discontinued software suite

Deprecated multimedia platform used to add animation and interactivity to websites

Adobe Photoshop

Raster graphics editing software

Advanced Audio Coding

Lossy audio compression format

Advanced SCSI Programming Interface

Computer software for connecting SCSI devices

Advanced Video Coding

The most widely used standard for video compression

Online platform for rental accommodations

Akamai Technologies

American technology company

Family of programming languages

Artificial intelligence that plays Go

AM broadcasting

Radio broadcasting using amplitude modulation

Use of radio frequency spectra for non-commercial purposes

E-book reading device

Amazon Web Services

On-demand cloud computing company

Family of personal computers sold by Commodore

Amplitude modulation

Radio modulation via wave amplitude

Home computers produced by Amstrad

Analog computer

Computer that uses analog technology

Analog television

Television that uses analog signals

Analytical engine

Proposed mechanical general-purpose computer

Android (operating system)

Mobile operating system based on a modified version of the Linux kernel and other open source software

Telecommunications device

Antikythera mechanism

Ancient Greek analogue astronomical computer

Antivirus software

Computer software to defend against malicious computer viruses

Connection between computers or programs

First computer model in the Apple II series

Application checkpointing

A technique for inserting fault tolerance into computing systems

Application software

Any computer program for end-user use

Computer file used for compression or collection of multiple other files

Italian open-source hardware and software company

Arithmetic logic unit

Combinational digital circuit

ARM architecture family

Family of RISC-based computer architectures

Early packet switching network that was one of the first to implement the protocol suite TCP/IP

Artificial general intelligence

Type of AI with wide-ranging abilities

Artificial intelligence

Intelligence of machines

American character encoding standard

Assembly language

Low-level programming language

Netbook computer line by Asus

Atanasoff–Berry computer

Early electronic digital computing device

Atlas (computer)

Supercomputer of the 1960s

American set of standards for digital television

Audio coding format

Digitally coded format for audio signals

Augmented reality

View of the real world with computer-generated supplementary features

The act of proving an assertion, often the identity of a computer system user

Commercial computer-aided design (CAD) and drafting software application

Automata theory

Study of abstract machines and automata

Stored data in computer systems

Backup software

Computer programs used to perform backup

Backus–Naur form

One of the two main notation techniques for context-free grammars in computer science

Chinese web services company

Optical machine-readable representation of data

Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing

Open source middleware system for volunteer and grid computing

Consumer-level analog video tape recording and cassette form factor standard

Extremely large or complex datasets

Non-human-readable computer file encoded in binary form

Peer-to-peer file sharing protocol

BitTorrent (software)

Peer-to-peer program for uploading and downloading files via the BitTorrent protocol

Discussion or informational site published on the internet

Blogger (service)

Blogging platform currently owned by Google

Short distance wireless technology standard

Optical disc format used for storing digital video and other digital data

Medium for recording information in the form of writing or images

Process of starting a computer

Collection of compromised internet-connected devices controlled by a third party

Distribution of audio or audiovisual content to dispersed audiences

Brute-force attack

Cryptanalytic method for unauthorized users to access data

Bulletin board system

Computer server

Bus (computing)

Data transfer channel connecting parts of a computer

Form of instruction set designed to be run by a software interpreter

C (programming language)

General-purpose programming language

C Sharp (programming language)

Multi-paradigm (object-oriented) programming language

General-purpose programming language

Cable television

Television content transmitted via signals on coaxial cable

Cache (computing)

Additional storage that enables faster access to main storage

Cache coherence

Property of shared data being read as the same value across different execution units, without data races

Simple and widely known encryption technique

Electronic device used for calculations

Calling convention

Low-level scheme specifying how functions receive parameters and return values in a programming language implementation

Application programming interface (API)

Magnetic audio tape recording format

Cathode-ray tube

Vacuum tube often used to display images

Cellular network

Communication network

Central processing unit

Central computer component that executes instructions

Character encoding

Using numbers to represent text characters

Any form of synchronous conferencing

Laptop or tablet computer running ChromeOS

Algorithm for encrypting and decrypting information

Original operating system of Apple Mac (1984–2001)

Client–server model

Distributed application structure in computing

Cloud computing

Form of Internet-based computing that shares processing resources and data

Model of computer data storage

American technology company

Programming language with English-like syntax

MacOS framework

Code-division multiple access

Channel access method used by various radio communication technologies

Assembly of written information into a standard order

Color television

Television transmission technology

Colossus computer

Early British cryptanalysis computer

Command-line interface

Type of computer interface based on entering text commands and viewing text output

8-bit home computer introduced in 1982

Common Gateway Interface

Interface which offers a standard protocol for Web servers to execute programs install

Communication protocol

System for exchanging messages between computing systems

Communications satellite

Artificial satellite that relays radio signals

Digital optical disc data storage format

Memory card format

Computer program which translates code from one programming language to another

Automatic general-purpose device for performing arithmetic or logical operations

Computer architecture

Set of rules and methods that describe the functionality, organization, and implementation of computer systems

Enclosure that contains most of the components of a computer

Computer hardware and software capable of playing chess

Computer cluster

Set of computers configured in a distributed computing system

Computer cooling

Removal of waste heat from a computer or computer component

Computer data storage

Storage of digital data readable by computers

Computer resource

Field of artificial intelligence dedicated to creating a computer program that plays Go

Computer graphics (computer science)

Sub-field of computer science

Computer hardware

Physical components of a computer

Computer memory

Device used on a computer for storing data

Computer monitor

Computer output device

Pointing device used to control a computer

Computer multitasking

Concurrent execution of multiple processes

Computer network

Network that allows computers to share resources and communicate with each other

Computer port (hardware)

Computer hardware

Computer programming

Process that leads from an original formulation of a computing problem to executable computer programs

Computer science

Study of the foundations and applications of computation

Computer security

Protection of computer systems from information disclosure, theft or damage

Computer simulation

Process of mathematical modelling, performed on a computer

Computer program that modifies other programs to replicate itself and spread

Standalone malware computer program that replicates itself in order to spread to other computers

Branch of knowledge

Concurrent computing

Form of computing in which several computations are executing during overlapping time periods

Container format

Metafile format

Content delivery network

Layer in the internet ecosystem addressing bottlenecks

Execution order of computer commands

Controller (computing)

Computing device that interfaces with a more peripheral device

Copy protection

Protection of software, films, music, other media

Primitive calculating device

Person or company delivering items

Classified advertisements website

Study of analyzing information systems in order to discover their hidden aspects

Practice and study of secure communication techniques

Simple radio receiver circuit for AM reception

Style sheet language

Cut, copy, and paste

User-interface interaction technique for transferring text, data, files or objects from a source to a destination

Crime involving a computer and a network

Part of the World Wide Web that is only reachable over darknets

Data (computer science)

Quantities, characters, or symbols on which operations are performed by a computer

Data and information visualization

Study of visual representations of data

Data communication

Transfer of data over a point-to-point or point-to-multipoint communication channel

Process of extracting and discovering patterns in large data sets

Recording of information in a storage medium

Organized collection of data in computing

Process of finding and resolving defects or problems within a computer program

Declarative programming

Programming paradigm based on modeling the logic of a computation

Deep Blue (chess computer)

Chess-playing computer made by IBM

Content of the World Wide Web that is not indexed by search engines

Characters that specify the boundary between regions in a data stream

Scientific application

Process of extracting the original information-bearing signal from a carrier wave

Denial-of-service attack

Cyber attack disrupting service by overloading the provider of the service

Desktop computer

Computer designed to be used on a fixed location

Desktop publishing

Creation of documents using page layout skills on a personal computer

American online art community

Computer program that operates or controls a device that is attached to a computer

Difference engine

Automatic mechanical calculator designed to tabulate polynomial functions

Diffie–Hellman key exchange

Method of exchanging cryptographic keys

Digital multimedia broadcasting

South Korean digital TV standard

Digital rights management

Technology to control access to copyrighted works and prevent unauthorized copying

Digital signal processor

Specialized microprocessor optimized for digital signal processing

Digital signature

Mathematical scheme for verifying the authenticity of digital documents

Digital television

Transmission of television audiovisual signals using digital encoding

Digital Terrestrial Multimedia Broadcast

The Chinese digital TV standard

Digital video recorder

Electronic device that records video in a digital format to an electronic storage medium

Digital Visual Interface

Standard for transmitting digital video to a display

API used in Microsoft DirectX for 3D rendering

Directory (computing)

File system structure for locating files

Collection of multimedia related APIs on Microsoft platforms

Online communication software

Disk partitioning

Creation of separate accessible storage areas on a raw computer storage device

Output device for presentation of information in visual form

Digital display interface

Distributed computing

System whose components are located on different networked computers

DVD-based format created as an alternative to video rental

Computing using molecular biology hardware

Document file format

Type of text or binary file format

Group of closely related PC-compatible operating systems

Type of electrical connector

Open standard for digital television broadcasting

Optical disc format for the storage and playback of digital video and other digital data

Dynamic random-access memory

Type of computer memory

American multinational e-commerce corporation

Book-length publication in digital form

eDonkey network

Peer-to-peer file sharing network

1940s-1950s British computer

One of the earliest electronic computers, delivered in 1949

Electrical telegraph

Early system for transmitting text over wires

Electron (software framework)

Open-source software framework by GitHub

Family of text editors

Method of exchanging digital messages between people over a network

Embedded system

Computer system with a dedicated function within a larger mechanical or electrical system

Process of converting plaintext to ciphertext

Order of bytes in a computer word

First electronic general-purpose digital computer

German cipher machine

Epoch (computing)

Date and time from which a computer measures system time

Device for reading e-books

Error correction code

Scheme for controlling errors in data over noisy communication channels

Computer networking technology

Exception handling

Process of responding to anomalous or exceptional conditions requiring special processing in computer programming

Causes a computer to follow indicated instructions

Existential risk from artificial intelligence

Hypothesized risk to human existence

Circuit board able to be connected to a computer system to add functionality

Specification for expansion and memory cards

Journaling file system for Linux

Multimedia framework

File Allocation Table

Family of file systems originally developed by Microsoft

Structure of information stored on a computer

Practice of distributing or providing access to digitally stored information

Computer filing system

File Transfer Protocol

Standard protocol for transferring files over TCP/IP networks

Filename extension

Filename suffix that indicates the file's type

Free software, cross-platform file transfer protocol application

Final Cut Studio

Suite of software including Final Cut Pro

Free and open-source web browser by Mozilla

Firewall (computing)

Software or hardware-based network security system

Low-level computer software

Telegraphy system conveying information at a distance by means of visual signals

Electronic non-volatile computer storage device

Flat-panel display

Electronic display technology

Image and video hosting website

Floating-point arithmetic

Computer approximation for real numbers

Floating-point unit

Coprocessor for floating point arithmetic

Removable disk storage medium

Diagram that represents a workflow or process

FM broadcasting

Transmission of audio through frequency modulation

Particular size, weight and style of a typeface

Freeware audio player

Formal specification

Aspect of computer science

Formal verification

Proving or disproving the correctness of certain intended algorithms

Computer text together with styling information

General-purpose programming language

Real-time operating system

Frequency modulation

Encoding of information in a carrier wave by varying the instantaneous frequency of the wave

Frequency-hopping spread spectrum

Radio signal transmission method

Frequency-shift keying

Data communications modulation protocol

Friendly artificial intelligence

AI to benefit humanity

Computer communication interface (bus) often used in Intel-chip-based computers during the 1990s and 2000s; replaced by replaced by HyperTransport, Intel QuickPath Interconnect or Direct Media Interface in modern CPUs

Function (computer programming)

Sequence of instructions that can be called from other points in a computer program

Functional programming

Programming paradigm

Gaming computer

Desktop or laptop computer specialized for video games

Digital audio workstations for macOS and iOS

Software library

General-purpose computing on graphics processing units

Use of a GPU for computations typically assigned to CPUs

Bitmap image file format family

Topics referred to by the same term

Hosting service for software projects using Git

3D graphics API developed by 3dfx Interactive

American multinational technology company

Web browser developed by Google

Google Cloud Platform

Cloud-based service and infrastructure

Google's web mapping service (launched 2005)

Search engine from Google

Graphical user interface

User interface allowing interaction through graphical icons and visual indicators

Expansion card which generates a feed of output images to a display device

Graphics processing unit

Specialized electronic circuit; graphics accelerator

Use of widely distributed computer resources to reach a common goal

Cellular telephone network standard

Hard disk drive

Data storage device

Early American electromechanical computer (1944)

Metadata tag prefixed with #

Functional programming language

Obsolete optical disc format

Digital audiovisual data interface

Device placed near the ears that plays sound

Journaling file system developed by Apple

High-definition television

TV resolution standard

High-level programming language

Programming language with strong abstraction from details of hardware

Class of microcomputers

Tablet computer by Hewlett-Packard

Hypertext Markup Language

Fifth and current version of hypertext markup language

Application layer protocol

Extension of the HTTP communications protocol to support TLS encryption

Human–computer interaction

Academic discipline studying the relationship between computer systems and their users

IBM 7030 Stretch

First IBM supercomputer using dedicated transistors

IBM PC compatible

Computers similar to the IBM PC and its derivatives

IBM Personal Computer

Personal computer model released in 1981

IBM POWER architecture

Instruction set

Instant messaging service

Serial bus interface standard

Series of supercomputers built between 1951 and 1974

Topics referred to by the same term

IMAGE (spacecraft)

NASA geomagnetic satellite

Image file format

Standardized means of organizing and storing digital images

Device that optically scans images, printed text

Online media database

Imperative programming

Type of programming paradigm in computer science

Industry Standard Architecture

16-bit internal bus

Information technology

Computer-based technology

Vector graphics editor

Operating system component or program that allows any data, such as keyboard strokes or mouse movements, to be received as input

American photo and video sharing social networking service

Instruction set architecture

Model that describe software's operations to a processor

Intel High Definition Audio

Specification for the audio sub-system of personal computers

Global system of connected computer networks

Internet Archive

American nonprofit digital archive

Internet Explorer

Web browser series by Microsoft

Website for online discussions

Internet in Brazil

Overview of the Internet in Brazil

Internet in China

Regulated internet of China

Internet in France

Overview of the Internet in France

Internet in Germany

Overview of the Internet in the People's Republic of Germany

Internet in India

Overview of the internet in India

Internet in Japan

Overview of the Internet in Japan

Internet in Russia

Overview of the Internet in Russia

Internet in South Africa

Overview of the Internet in South Africa

Internet in the United Kingdom

Overview of the Internet in the United Kingdom

Internet in the United States

Overview of the Internet in the United States of America

Internet Message Access Protocol

Application layer internet protocol for e-mail retrieval and storage

Internet of things

Internet-like structure connecting everyday physical objects

Internet Protocol

Communication protocol that establishes the Internet across computer network boundaries

Internet protocol suite

Set of communications protocols

Internet service provider

Organization that provides access to the Internet

Interpreter (computing)

Program that executes source code without a separate compilation step

Island and Municipality in South Aegean, Greece

Numerical label used to identify a network interface in an IP network

iPad (disambiguation)

Topics referred to by the same term

Line of smartphones designed and marketed by Apple Inc.

Line of portable media players by Apple

Fourth version of the Internet Protocol

Version 6 of the Internet Protocol

Protocol for real-time Internet chat and messaging

Islamic Development Bank

Multilateral development financing institution located in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

File system for CD-R and CD-ROM optical discs

Repetition of a process

Apple's media library and media player software

Java (programming language)

Object-oriented programming language

Java virtual machine

Virtual machine

High-level programming language

Job (computing)

Computational task

Lossy compression method for reducing the size of digital images

Mobile instant messenger

Free Software community

Kernel (operating system)

Core of a computer operating system

Key (cryptography)

Piece of information in cryptography

Keyboard technology

Hardware technology of keyboards

Keystroke logging

Action of recording the keys struck on a keyboard

Kotlin (programming language)

General-purpose programming language

Language binding

Software library that allows using another library coded in another programming language

Personal computer for mobile use

Optical analog video disc format

Library (computing)

Collection of non-volatile resources used by computer programs, often for software development.

Free and open-source office software suite

Line (software)

Instant communications software app

Professional network website

Family of Unix-like operating systems

Liquid-crystal display

Display that uses the light-modulating properties of liquid crystals

Lisp (programming language)

Programming language family

Logic programming

Programming paradigm based on formal logic

Logo (programming language)

Computer programming language

Converts an electrical audio signal into a corresponding sound

Low-level programming language

Programming languages similar to instruction sets

Lightweight programming language

Family of personal computers made by Apple

Mac operating systems

Family of operating systems for Macintosh computers

Lowest level instructions executed by a computer

Machine learning

Study of algorithms that improve automatically through experience

Machine translation

Use of software for language translation

Macro (computer science)

In computer science, a concise representation of a pattern

Magnetic storage

Recording of data on a magnetizable medium

Medium used to store data in the form of magnetic fields

Magnetic-tape data storage

Data storage technologies that use magnetic tape

System for transporting documents and other small packages

Mainframe computer

Computers used primarily by large organizations for business-critical applications

A portmanteau for malicious software

Man: A Course of Study

American humanities teaching program

Manchester Baby

First electronic stored-program computer, 1948

Manchester computers

Series of stored-program electronic computers

Manchester Mark 1

British stored-program computer, 1949

Numerical computing environment and programming language

Mechanical television

A television system that relies on a mechanical scanning device, to both scan and reproduce the video signal

Electronic data storage device

American technology conglomerate

Data about data

Allowable structure and composition of phrases and sentences of a metalanguage

Emerging flat-panel display technology

Device that converts sound into an electrical signal

Computer processor contained on an integrated-circuit chip

Web search engine from Microsoft

Microsoft Office

Suite of office software

Microsoft Outlook

Email client, task and calendar management software developed by Microsoft

Microsoft Paint

Raster graphics editor

Microsoft Windows

Computer operating systems

MIPS architecture

Instruction set architecture

Internet Relay Chat (IRC) client for Microsoft Windows

2018 studio album by Gin Blossoms

Software application designed to run on mobile devices

Small, hand-held computing device

Portable device to make telephone calls using a radio link

Device that modulates an analog carrier signal to encode digital information

Modular programming

Structured programming technique where a program is divided into modules with specific functions

Garbled text as a result of incorrect character encoding

Monitor (synchronization)

In concurrent programming, an object or module intended to be used safely by more than one thread

Observation on the growth of integrated circuit capacity

Main printed circuit board used for a computing device

Printing technology and system based on reconfigurable blocks of glyphs

Digital audio format

Video encoding standard

Microsoft computer operating system

Collection of Internet sites

Family of standardized home computer architectures released between 1983 and 1992

Act of installing multiple operating systems on a single computer

Multi-core processor

Microprocessor with more than one processing unit

Multi-factor authentication

Method of computer access control

Memory card format

Multiprocessing

Use of two or more central processing units (CPUs) within a single computer system

Multithreading (computer architecture)

Ability of a CPU to provide multiple threads of execution concurrently

Social networking website

SQL database engine software

On-line peer-to-peer file sharing service

Natural language processing

Field of computer science and linguistics

Type of legacy free laptops, meant to be small and cheap

American content platform and production company

Netscape (web browser)

Family of web browsers

Network interface controller

Hardware component that connects a computer to a network

Formatted unit of data carried by a packet-switched network

Networking hardware that forwards data in packets based on hardware address

Network topology

Arrangement of the various elements of a computer network; topological structure of a network and may be depicted physically or logically

Neural network (machine learning)

Computational model used in machine learning, based on connected, hierarchical functions

Node (networking)

Device or point within a network capable of creating, receiving, or transmitting data

Non-volatile memory

Computer memory that does not lose its contents after being turned off

Proprietary file system developed by Microsoft

Analog color television system developed in the United States

Obfuscation (software)

Deliberate creation of difficult-to-understand code

Sequence of statements or instructions in a computer language

General-purpose, object-oriented programming language

Object-oriented programming

Programming paradigm based on the concept of objects

Free software of screencast and streaming

Office Open XML

Family of document file formats mostly known for use with Microsoft Office 2007 and newer

Open container format maintained by the Xiph.Org Foundation

Diode that emits light from an organic compound

Encryption technique

Real-time texting over the internet

Romantic relationships formed on the internet

Open Database Connectivity

ODBC, standard interface for accessing database systems

Broad concept article for open-source

XML-based open file format for office applications

Cross-platform graphics API

Open-source software

Software licensed to ensure source code usage rights

Opera (web browser)

Free web browser

Operating system

Software that manages computer hardware resources

Operator overloading

Feature of some programming languages

Optical computing

Computer that uses photons or light waves

Flat, usually circular disc that encodes binary data

Model of communication of seven abstraction layers

Colour encoding system for analogue television

Interface standard for the connection of storage devices

Parallel computing

Programming paradigm in which many processes are executed simultaneously

Parameter (computer programming)

An input provided to a function/subroutine

Pascal (programming language)

Programming language

Text used for user authentication to prove identity

American multinational financial technology company

Interface and specification for memory cards and expansion peripherals

Series of PCs by NEC, sold primarily in Japan

Computer expansion bus standard

PDF (disambiguation)

Topics referred to by the same term

Peer-to-peer file sharing

Data distribution using P2P networking technology.

Auxiliary input/output device for a computer

Peripheral Component Interconnect

Local computer bus for attaching hardware devices

Interpreted programming language first released in 1987

Personal computer

Computer intended for use by an individual person

Phase modulation

Modulation pattern for conditioning communication signals for transmission

Philosophy of artificial intelligence

Overview of the philosophy of artificial intelligence

Act of attempting to acquire sensitive information by posing as a trustworthy entity

Device for analogue recording of sound

Phonograph record

Disc-shaped analog sound storage medium

Device for reproducing documents

Scripting language created in 1994

Book by Arthur Ransome

American photo sharing and saving website

Physical point in a raster image

Term for computer data consisting only of unformatted characters of readable material

Type of flat panel display

Plug-in (computing)

Software component that adds a specific feature to an existing software application

Family of lossless compression file formats for image files

Pointer (computer programming)

Object which stores memory addresses in a computer program

Pointing device

Human input interface

Polygraph (duplicating device)

Duplicating device using pen and ink

Pornographic video sharing website owned by MindGeek

Portable media player

Portable device capable of storing and playing digital media

Family of IEEE standards for compatibility between operating systems

Small piece of paper that is displayed on an item of mail as evidence of payment for postage

Preemption (computing)

Act of temporarily interrupting a task being carried out by a computer system, without requiring its cooperation, and with the intention of resuming the task at a later time

Print on demand

Printing business process

Printer (computing)

Computer peripheral that prints text or graphics

Process for reproducing text and images using a master form or template

Device for evenly printing ink onto a print medium

Private network

Network using private IP addresses

Process (computing)

Particular execution of a computer program

Processor register

Immediately accessible working storage available as part of a digital processor

Programming language

Language for communicating instructions to a machine

Programming paradigm

A programming paradigm defines the methodology of designing and implementing programs using key features and building blocks of a programming language .

Programming language that uses first order logic

Computer server that makes and receives requests on behalf of a user

Public-key cryptography

Cryptographic system with public and private keys

Python (programming language)

General-purpose programming language

Type of matrix barcode

Quantum computing

Study of a model of computation

Keyboard layout where the first line is "QWERTYUIOP"

R (programming language)

Programming language for statistics

Use of radio waves to carry information

Radio broadcasting

Transmission by radio waves intended to reach a wide audience

Radio device for receiving radio waves and converting them to a useful signal

Topics referred to by the same term

Random-access memory

Form of computer data storage

Malicious software used in ransom demands

RAR (file format)

Archive file format

Series of low-cost single-board computers

Read-only memory

Electronic memory that cannot be changed.

Real-time clock

Circuit in a computer that maintains accurate time

Real-time computing

Study of hardware and software systems that have a "real-time constraint"

Real-time operating system

Computer operating system intended to process data as it comes in with minimal delay

Canadian computer-animated TV series

Recursion (computer science)

Use of functions that call themselves

Undeletion program for Windows

Social news aggregation, web content rating, livestreaming, and discussion platform

Regular expression

Sequence of characters that forms a search pattern

Use of existing assets in some form within the software product development process

Type of proxy server

Rotten Tomatoes

American review aggregator for film and television

Router (computing)

Device that forwards data packets between computer networks

Process of selecting paths in a data communications network

RSA cryptosystem

Algorithm for public-key cryptography

Ruby (programming language)

Interpreted, high-level, general-purpose programming language

Computer bus interface for storage devices

Satellite television

Broadcasting of television using artificial satellites

Scala (programming language)

General-purpose programming language

Scheduling (computing)

Method by which work is assigned

Flash memory card format

SEAC (computer)

First-generation electronic computer built in 1950

Software system for finding relevant information on the Web

French analog color television system

Type of software bug

Security through obscurity

Reliance on design or implementation secrecy for security

Device used to access electronically restricted resource

Server (computing)

Computer to access a central resource or service on a network

Shading language

Graphics programming language adapted to programming shader effects

Script written for the shell, or command line interpreter, of an operating system

Shortwave radio

Radio transmissions using wavelengths between 10 and 100 m

Signal modulation

Process of varying one or more properties of a periodic waveform

Simple Mail Transfer Protocol

Internet protocol used for relaying e-mails

Retired telecommunications software service/application

Slack (software)

Messaging software application

Multi-purpose mobile device

Photo messaging application

Virtual online communities

Social networking service

Online platform that facilitates the building of relations

Instructions a computer can execute

Error, flaw, failure, or fault in a computer program or system

Software design

Process by which an agent creates a specification of a software artifact

Software development

Creation and maintenance of software

Software documentation

Explains the functionality of software

Software maintenance

Modification of a software product after delivery

Software portability

Usability of the same software in different environments

Software prototyping

Activity of creating prototypes of software applications

Software testing

Examination of how efficient and reliable software is at performing its intended function

Software-defined radio

Radio communication system implemented in software

Chinese Internet company founded in 1996

Solid-state drive

Computer storage device with no moving parts

Expansion card that provides input and output of audio signals

Sound recording and reproduction

Recording of sound and playing it back

Unsolicited electronic messages, especially advertisements

Speech recognition

Automatic conversion of spoken language into text

Speech synthesis

Artificial production of human speech

Swedish music streaming service

Computer application for organization, analysis, and storage of data in tabular form

Malware that collects and transmits user information without their knowledge

Relational database programming language

Static random-access memory

Type of computer memory

Steam (service)

Video game service

Hiding messages in other messages

Stored-program computer

Computer that stores program instructions in electronically or optically accessible memory

Streaming media

Multimedia delivery method

Streaming television

Distribution of television content via the public internet

Structured programming

Programming paradigm aimed at improving clarity, quality, and development time by using control structures

Submarine communications cable

Transoceanic communication line placed on the seabed

Logical subdivision of an IP network

Extremely powerful computer for its era

Superheterodyne receiver

Common type of radio receiver that shifts the received signal to an easily-processed intermediate frequency

Two-dimensional vector image file format

SWAC (computer)

Early computer model

Swift (programming language)

Apple's general-purpose, open source, compiled programming language.

Discontinued mobile operating system

Symmetric-key algorithm

Syntax (programming languages)

Set of rules defining correctly structured programs

Mechanism used by an application program to request service from the kernel of the operating system

System software

Type of software

Representation of time used in computers

Tablet computer

Mobile computer with integrated display, circuitry and battery, typically shares similarities with smartphones

Task (computing)

Unit of executable work in computing

Technological singularity

Hypothetical point in time when technological growth becomes uncontrollable and irreversible

Telecommunications

Transmission of information electromagnetically

Long distance transmission of text without the physical exchange of an object

Telecommunications device

Field of telecommunication services

Telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images

Instant messaging software service

Machine learning software library

Terrestrial television

Television content transmitted via signals in the air

Topics referred to by the same term

Computer file containing plain text

Act of typing and sending a brief, digital message

Business computers and tablets series by Lenovo

Thrashing (computer science)

Computer constantly exchanging data between memory and storage leaving little capacity for productive processing

Thread (computing)

Smallest sequence of programmed instructions that can be managed independently by a scheduler

Thunderbolt (interface)

Computer hardware interface

Series of image file formats

Video-focused social media platform

Method of sharing a computing resource among multiple concurrent users

Timex Sinclair 1000

Home computer launched in 1982

American geosocial networking and online dating application

Chinese-language website

Free and open-source anonymity network based on onion routing

Input and output device

Transistor radio

Portable radio receiver

Transmission Control Protocol

Principal protocol used to stream data across an IP network

Electronic device that emits radio waves

Transparency (human–computer interaction)

Term in human–computer interaction

Transport Layer Security

Cryptographic protocols for securing data in transit

Trojan horse (computing)

Type of malware

Microcomputer launched in 1977, sold by Tandy Corporation through Radio Shack stores

American microblogging and social networking website

Tunneling protocol

Computer communications protocol

Test of a machine's ability to imitate human intelligence

Twitch (service)

Live-streaming video platform; Amazon subsidiary

Social networking service

Type conversion

Changing an expression from one data type to another

Mechanical device for typing characters

American ridesharing and delivery company

Specification that defines a software interface between an operating system and platform firmware

Ultra-high-definition television

Television formats beyond HDTV

Character encoding standard

General-purpose computer design for business application first produced in the United States in 1951

Livermore Advanced Research Computer

Universal Disk Format

Vendor-neutral file system, used in practice for DVDs and other optical discs

Universal Flash Storage

Flash storage specification

Universal Product Code

Barcode symbology used for tracking trade items in stores

Family of computer operating systems that derive from the original AT&T Unix

System for identifying instants in time for computers

Operating system that behaves in a manner similar to a Unix system

Urban Dictionary

Community-powered dictionary of slang terms

Industry standard for computer connectors

USB flash drive

Data storage device

24-pin USB connector system

Worldwide distributed Internet discussion system

Means by which a user interacts with and controls a machine

ASCII-compatible variable-width encoding of Unicode, using one to four bytes

Variable (computer science)

Storage location paired with an associated symbolic name (an identifier), which contains some known or unknown quantity of information referred to as a value

Version control

Managing versions of source code or data

Very long instruction word

Instruction set architecture

15-pin video connector

Consumer-level analog videotape recording and cassette form standard

Video (disambiguation)

Topics referred to by the same term

Camera used for electronic motion picture acquisition

Video coding format

Format for digital video content

Videocassette recorder

Device designed to record and playback content stored on videocassettes, most commonly VHS

Reception and transmission of audio-video signals by users at different locations

Vim (text editor)

Improved version of the Vi keyboard-oriented text editor

Former American social network for short videos

Virtual machine

Software that emulates an entire computer

Computer memory management technique

Virtual reality

Computer-simulated environment simulating physical presence in real or imagined worlds

Open-source x86 virtualization application

Visual Basic (.NET)

Object-oriented computer programming language

Code editor and IDE

Largest European social networking service from Russia

VLC media player

Free and open-source media player and streaming media server

Multi-cloud service provider for all apps

Volatile memory

Computer memory that loses its contents when unpowered

Von Neumann architecture

Computer architecture where code and data share a common bus

Cross-platform 3D graphics and computing programming interface

Hand-held two-way radio communication device

Series of portable media players by Sony

File format standard for storing audio on PCs

Weak artificial intelligence

Form of artificial intelligence

Wearable computer

Small computing device worn on the body

World Wide Web sites that use technology beyond the static pages of earlier Web sites

Web application

Application that uses a web browser as a client

Software for using the World Wide Web

Web content management system

Content management system specifically for web content

Video camera connected to a computer or network

Audiovisual media file format

Email service that can be accessed using a web browser

Any web page served from a single domain

Chinese multi-purpose mobile app

Chinese microblogging website

Messaging and VoIP service owned by Meta

Vacuum tube computer developed by the MIT

Family of wireless network protocols

Type of website that visitors can edit

Free online crowdsourced encyclopedia

Window (computing)

Visual area containing some kind of user interface

Major release of Windows NT, released in 2015

Family of operating systems made by Microsoft

Personal computer operating system by Microsoft released in 2009

Microsoft computer operating system released in 1995

Microsoft personal computer operating system released in 1998

Series of Microsoft Windows computer operating systems

Microsoft's core set of application programming interfaces on Windows

Microsoft operating system family

Personal computer operating system by Microsoft released in 2006

Microsoft PC operating system released in 2001

Wine (software)

Compatibility layer for Unix-like operating systems implementing Windows system calls

Wireless mesh network

Radio nodes organized in a mesh topology

Israeli software company

Device or computer program used for writing and editing documents

Collection of data in memory that a process is expected to actually touch in some workload

System of interlinked hypertext documents accessed over the Internet

X Window System

Windowing system for bitmap displays on UNIX-like systems

Family of instruction set architectures

64-bit version of x86 architecture

Markup language by the W3C for encoding of data

Internet services provider

Web search engine by Yahoo!

Russian Dutch-domiciled Internet company

Video-sharing and social media platform

First working programmable, fully automatic digital computer

Zero-day vulnerability

Unfixed software vulnerability

ZIP (file format)

Family of archive file formats

Zombie (computing)

Network connected computer that has been compromised and is used for malicious task without the owner being aware of it

1982 series of home computers