Essential English words related to the computer industry

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Written at the front:
As a person who deals with computers all day, how can you not understand a little English? There are probably several reasons why you have to have a good English level: [1. For computers, English is more efficient】【2. In many fields of computer, there are still a lot of high-quality resources abroad that we can learn from】【3. Almost all computer masters use English, and good computer skills allow us to learn and communicate with each other more efficiently]. As of now (March 2021), only Huawei is working on the compiler (Ark Compiler) in China, and it is also in English. In many basic and low-level fields, the Chinese people still have a long way to go. Although there are a lot of Sinicization and various translation software, it is not my own thing after all, it is not as fast as I can understand it at a glance. Maybe some people are not bad in computer skills, but they still don't understand some documents, because computers still have a lot of technical terms, which is why I wrote this article. This article is also the English words that I have accumulated and collected during my study. During the period, I checked a lot of Chinese and English materials, just to be able to explain them better. I hope that my meager power can help you reading in front of the screen a little bit. Finally, "After all the heavens have turned into this scene, everything in the world has been difficult"Send to keep working hard to learn from you

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A

• array: array; matrix; array
• architecture neutral: system neutral
• assembly language: assembly language, a language further than machine language
• ASCII：ASCII码，American Standard Code for Information Interchange
• APP: application, application
• applet: small program
• API: Application Programming Interface, application programming interface
• arithmetic: arithmetic
• Arithmetic unit: arithmetic unit (or logic unit), a component of the CPU, completes numerical and logical operations
• arrow key: arrow key, arrow arrow
• args&argument&arguments[complex]: parameters, command line parameters
• algorithm: algorithm
• add: increase

B

• buffer: buffer; buffer storage area; buffer memory
• bus: bus
• bit: bit, binary
• binary: adj.binary; binary
• binary system: Binary
• Binary Coded Decimal：8421码
• byte: Byte, the smallest storage unit in a computer, composed of 8 bits. The larger ones are kilobyte (KB) kilobytes, megabyte (MB) megabytes, gigabyte (GB) gigabytes, terabyte (TB) trillion bytes or terabytes
• bytecode verifier: bytecode verifier (Java JVM)
• bps: bit per second, bits per second
• block: block; code block
• block comment: block comment
• backspace: backspace
• build: create (construct)

C

• complement: complement
• compiler: Compiler, compile compilation
• console: console, an old computer term, refers to the computer's text input and display devices
• command: command
• comment: comment
• cable: cable
• cable modem: cable modem
• CPU: Central Processing Unit, the central processing unit, the brain of the computer
• control unit: control unit, a component of the CPU, which controls and coordinates the actions of other components
• core: core
• CVE: Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures, Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures, CVE is like a dictionary table, giving a common name for widely recognized information security vulnerabilities or vulnerabilities that have been exposed
• class: class
• class name: class name
• class block: class block
• class loader: class loader (Java JVM)
• CD: compact disc, optical drive
• CD-R: CD-ROM
• CD-RW: Read and write disc
• Carriage return: Carriage return
• Cancel: void, cancel
• copy: copy
• clear: clear; empty; remove
• construct: create (build)
• customize[ v.]customization[ n.]: customize
• curly brackets: curly brackets, in C, C++ or Java, use a pair of curly brackets to enclose many statements, as a compound statement, or as a function body

D

• data: data
• date: date
• Decimal: decimal; decimal system
• DOS: Disk Operating System, a type of operating system on early personal computers
• demodulator: demodulator
• dot pitch: the distance between pixels (pixels) in millimeters. The smaller the dot pitch, the better the display effect
• disk: Disk
• drive: drive
• dynamic: dynamic
• developer: Developer
• disk drive: disk drive
• DVD: digital video disc or digital versatile disc, optical disc drive
• Del: Delete delete or delete key
• Digital Subscribe Line: Digital Subscribe Line
• distributed: distributed
• directory&directories[multi]: path, (file) directory
• decode: decode
• default: default
• documentation: Documentation

E

• execute[ v.]: execute
• executable[ adj.]: executable, file suffix.exe
• encode: encoding
• elements[复]: element; element; basic part
• EDA: Electronics Design Automation, electronic design automation
• edit: edit
• editor: editor
• error: error
• exit: exit
• enterprise edition: Enterprise edition

F

• format: format
• file: file
• form feed: form feed
• function: function or function
• flash drive: flash drive
• function key: function key

G

• GHz: gigahertz
• GB: gigabytes

H

• Hexadecimal: Hexadecimal
• HDL: Hardware Description Language, hardware description language
• HTML: Hypertext Markup Language, is a simple scripting language used to lay out documents, link documents on the Internet, and provide vivid images, sounds and videos on the World Wide Web
• hardware: hardware
• hard disk: hard disk
• hertz: Hertz, 1 hertz is equivalent to one pulse per second, unit of frequency
• high performance: high performance
• Hz: Hertz, the larger ones are MHz (megahertz), GHz (gigahertz), etc., which are used to describe the computing speed of the CPU. The higher the frequency, the more times the signal runs through the CPU, and the more powerful the computing power of the CPU.
• Horizontal tab: horizontal tabulation

I

• integer: integer
• initialize: Initialize
• iterable: iterable
• ISP: In System Programmable
• IoT: Internet of Things, Internet of Things
• IDE: Integrated Development Environment, Integrated Development Environment, integrated; all parts are closely coordinated; integrated
• interface: (man-machine) interface (interactive interface); interface
• interpreted: interpreted
• Insert: Insert; insert key
• IT: Information Technology, Information Technology
• Internet: Internet
• index: index; subscript; mark; index
• item: item
• immutable: immutable
• identifier: identifier
• import: import

J

• JVM: Java Virtual Machine, Java virtual machine, executed .classfiles, .Javacompiled from the files (compile)
• JDK: Java Development Toolkit, Java Language Development Toolkit, including Java Runtime Environment and a lot of Java tools and Java basic class libraries

K

• keyboard: keyboard
• keyword: keyword
• KB: kilobytes

L

• logic unit: logic unit (or arithmetic unit), a component of the CPU, completes numerical operations and logical operations
• logic function: logic function
• LAN: Local Area Network, local area network
• Java language specification: Java language specification
• line number: line number
• line comment: line comment
• Line feed: line feed
• load: load
• library: library

M

• main method: main method
• machine language: machine language, the native language of the computer. Different types of computers may have different native languages. Machine language is a set of binary instructions. This set of binary atomic instructions is embedded in the computer.
• multiprogramming: Multi-program design, multiple programs share the CPU
• multithreading: Multithreading, a single program can achieve multiple tasks, such as writing and storing words in a word document
• multithreaded: multithreaded
• multiprocessing: Multiprocessing or parallel processing (parallel processing), refers to two or more processors perform subtasks together, and then merge the subtasks to obtain the result of the entire task
• map: mapping
• module: module; function block
• modulator: modulator
• modem：调制解调器，a device that connects one computer system to another using a telephone line so that data can be sent
• mouse: mouse
• monitor: display
• modifier key: modifier key, special key (Shift, Ctrl, etc.)
• MHz: Megahertz
• MB: Megabytes
• Micro edition: Micro edition
• method: Method, method is also function (function), it is a special function. In Java, functions are also called methods (in Java,'functions' are also called'methods')
• method block: method block
• motherboard: motherboard

N

• Null: zero-valued, equal to zero
• NIC: Network Interface Card, a network interface card, a device that connects a computer to a local area network (LAN)
• numeric keypad: numeric keypad
• notepad: Notepad

THE

• Octal: octal, octal
• OS: operating system, operating system
• object oriented: object oriented
• options: options

P

• properties[复]: properties
• PLD: Programmable Logic Device, the early circuit logic function is fixed, if you want to change its function, you must change its internal circuit, which will be very inconvenient. Later, the programmable device Programmable Logic Device was born.
• pixel: image element, pixel
• Parallel processing: Parallel processing or multiprocessing (multiprocessing), which means that two or more processors perform subtasks together, and then merge the subtasks to obtain the result of the entire task
• portable: portable
• PowerPoint: Slide presentation software
• program: v.write a program; n.program
• printer: printer
• Page Up: Page up key
• Page Down: Page down key
• paste: paste

Q

R

• run: run
• RIA: Rich Internet Application, rich Internet application
• RAM: Random-Access Memory, random access memory, also known as memory
• robust: robust
• reserved word: reserved word
• reverse: reverse, reverse order
• remove: remove
• robotic: mechanical

S

• sequence: sequence; series; sequence; order
• SoC: System on Chip, System on Chip, which integrates a complex electronic system on a semiconductor silicon chip
• save: save
• save to: save as
• secure: secure
• simple: simple
• set: collection
• software: software
• schema: schema; coding mode
• system: System
• screen resolution: screen resolution, the number of pixels in the horizontal and vertical dimensions, image elements (pixel)
• source program: source program
• source code: source code
• static: static
• standard edition: standard edition
• statement terminator: statement terminator
• string: string, character sequence
• Space: Space
• syntax error: syntax error
• storage device: storage device
• semicolon: semicolon, English semicolon as a statement terminator for C, C++ and Java

T

• terminator: terminator; terminator
• toolkit: Toolbox
• TB: trillion bytes or terabytes
• truth table: truth table
• type: Type

U

• USB: universal serial bus, universal serial bus or flash drive (flash drive)
• unordered: disordered; disordered
• update: update

V

• Vertical tab: vertical tabulation
• void: empty
• value: value
• variables[complex]:variable

W

• write to: save as (save to)
• web: network
• WordPad: WordPad
• www: world wide web
• warning: warning

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