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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.
High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) A compact interface for transferring encrypted uncompressed digital audio and video data to a device such as a computer monitor, video projector or digital television. Motherboard and graphics card manufacturers must pay a licensing fee to incorporate HDMI into their products.
AL—Access List; ALAC—Apple Lossless Audio Codec; ALGOL—Algorithmic Language; ALSA—Advanced Linux Sound Architecture; ALU—Arithmetic and Logical Unit; AM—Access Method; AM—Active Matrix; AMOLED—Active-Matrix Organic Light-Emitting Diode; AM—Active Monitor; AM—Allied Mastercomputer; AM—Amplitude Modulation; AMD—Advanced ...
A flat-panel display (FPD) computer monitor A cathode-ray tube (CRT) computer monitor. A computer monitor is an output device that displays information in pictorial or textual form. A discrete monitor comprises a visual display, support electronics, power supply, housing, electrical connectors, and external user controls.
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 ...
A specialist technician who installs outside plant wiring (overhead circuits, power transmission lines). Litz wire A kind of stranded wire used to minimize losses in coils. load flow study A mathematical prediction of the flow of electric power in a network, based on a model of the actual or proposed system; necessary for planning of electrical ...
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System monitor, a hardware or software component used to monitor system resources and performance in a computer system Virtual machine monitor, or hypervisor , is a software that creates and runs virtual machines, allowing multiple operating system images to run simultaneously on a single piece of hardware