English-Russian dictionary of computer abbreviations and terms. 2014.
Read Only Memory — The notion of read only data can also refer to file system permissions. Read only memory (usually known by its acronym, ROM) is a class of storage media used in computers and other electronic devices. Because data stored in ROM cannot be modified … Wikipedia
Magnetic core memory — Magnetic core memory, or ferrite core memory, is an early form of random access computer memory. It uses small magnetic ceramic rings, the cores , through which wires are threaded to store information via the polarity of the magnetic field they… … Wikipedia
Magnetic-core memory — A 32 x 32 core memory plane storing 1024 bits of data. Computer memory types Volatile RAM DRAM (e.g., DDR SDRAM) SRA … Wikipedia
Rootkit — A rootkit is software that enables continued privileged access to a computer while actively hiding its presence from administrators by subverting standard operating system functionality or other applications. The term rootkit is a concatenation… … Wikipedia
Non-maskable interrupt — A non maskable interrupt (NMI) is a computer processor interrupt that cannot be ignored by standard interrupt masking techniques in the system. It is typically used to signal attention for non recoverable hardware errors. (Some NMIs may be masked … Wikipedia
Algorithmic efficiency — In computer science, efficiency is used to describe properties of an algorithm relating to how much of various types of resources it consumes. Algorithmic efficiency can be thought of as analogous to engineering productivity for a repeating or… … Wikipedia
Debugging — Debug redirects here. For the shell command, see debug (command). For the German magazine, see Debug (magazine). A photo of the apocryphally first real bug, which was debugged in 1947. Debugging is a methodical process of finding and reducing the … Wikipedia
STS-61 — Infobox Space mission mission name = STS 61 insignia = Sts 61 patch.png shuttle = Endeavour launch pad = 39 B launch = 2 December, 1993, 4:26 a.m. landing = 13 December, 1993, 12:26.25 a.m. EST, Runway 33, KSC duration = 10 d 19 h 58 min 37 s… … Wikipedia
Windows Error Reporting — displaying Problem Details from an issue with Windows Explorer Windows Error Reporting (WER) (codenamed Watson) is a crash reporting technology introduced by Microsoft with Windows XP[1 … Wikipedia
Indexed color — A 2 bit indexed color image. The color of each pixel is represented by a number; each number (the index) corresponds to a color in the color table (the palette). In computing, indexed color is a technique to manage digital images colors in a… … Wikipedia
Hexspeak — Hexspeak, like leetspeak, is a novelty form of variant English spelling. Hexspeak was created by programmers who wanted a magic number, a clear and unique identifier with which to mark memory or data. Using hexadecimal notation, which includes… … Wikipedia
