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The category includes all kinds of informal jargon related to usage of and work with computers. Precisely defined technical terms must be placed into the relevant subcategories of the Category:Computing .
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This is an alphabetical list of notable technology terms. It includes terms with notable applications in computing, networking, and other technological fields ...
Also simply application or app. Computer software designed to perform a group of coordinated functions, tasks, or activities for the benefit of the user. Common examples of applications include word processors, spreadsheets, accounting applications, web browsers, media players, aeronautical flight simulators, console games, and photo editors. This contrasts with system software, which is ...
YAAF—Yet Another Application Framework; YACC—Yet Another Compiler Compiler; YAGNI—You Aren't Gonna Need It; YAML—YAML Ain't Markup Language; YARN—Yet Another Resource Negotiator; YaST—Yet another Setup Tool
Pages in category "Computer occupations" The following 53 pages are in this category, out of 53 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. #
The United States also worked on their own version of a nautical almanac in the 1840s, with Maria Mitchell being one of the best-known computers on the staff. [9] Other innovations in human computing included the work done by a group of boys who worked in the Octagon Room of the Royal Greenwich Observatory for Astronomer Royal George Airy. [10]
In computing, a task is a unit of execution or a unit of work. The term is ambiguous; precise alternative terms include process, light-weight process, thread (for execution), step, request, or query (for work). In the adjacent diagram, there are queues of incoming work to do and outgoing completed work, and a thread pool of threads to perform ...