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  2. Thrashing (computer science) - Wikipedia

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    In virtual memory systems, thrashing may be caused by programs or workloads that present insufficient locality of reference: if the working set of a program or a workload cannot be effectively held within physical memory, then constant data swapping, i.e., thrashing, may occur.

  3. Garbage in, garbage out - Wikipedia

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    In computer science, garbage in, garbage out (GIGO) is the concept that flawed, biased or poor quality ("garbage") information or input produces a result or output of similar ("garbage") quality. The adage points to the need to improve data quality in, for example, programming. Rubbish in, rubbish out (RIRO) is an alternate wording. [1] [2] [3]

  4. Stress testing (software) - Wikipedia

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    The software being tested is "mission critical", that is, failure of the software (such as a crash) would have disastrous consequences. The amount of time and resources dedicated to testing is usually not sufficient, with traditional testing methods, to test all of the situations in which the software will be used when it is released.

  5. List of computing and IT abbreviations - Wikipedia

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    SDK—Software Development Kit; SDL—Simple DirectMedia Layer; SDN—Service Delivery Network; SDP—Session Description Protocol; SDR—Software-Defined Radio; SDRAM—Synchronous Dynamic Random-Access Memory; SDSL—Symmetric DSL; SE—Single Ended; SEI—Software Engineering Institute; SEO—Search Engine Optimization; SFTP—Secure FTP

  6. PDF - Wikipedia

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    PDF's emphasis on preserving the visual appearance of documents across different software and hardware platforms poses challenges to the conversion of PDF documents to other file formats and the targeted extraction of information, such as text, images, tables, bibliographic information, and document metadata. Numerous tools and source code ...

  7. Clobbering - Wikipedia

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    In software engineering and computer science, clobbering a file, processor register or a region of computer memory is the process of overwriting its contents completely, whether intentionally or unintentionally, or to indicate that such an action will likely occur. [1] The Jargon File defines clobbering as

  8. Why are people so bad at texting? The psychology behind bad ...

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    For many of us, texting is our primary form of communication. It’s a quick way to schedule a plan, get an opinion on a paint color and even just vent about our latest life annoyance.

  9. Software bloat - Wikipedia

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    Performance may deteriorate overall as a result of such remnants, as the unwanted software or software components can occupy both hard disk memory and RAM, waste processing time, add disk I/O, and cause delays at system startup and shutdown. In the worst cases, the leftover software may interfere with the correct operation of wanted software. [5]