Author: Lucy Iwuala

English (en) Slide (presentation page) With a slide show or slide presentation, a slide is a single page or image shown in a slideshow. For example, when watching a picture slideshow of ten pictures, a single picture is considered a slide. Other languages: Igbo, Yoruba Related terms Slide (swipe finger across), Slideshow Shafin gabatarwa Decomposition:...

English (en) Sleep Sleep mode (suspend or standby mode) is a power-saving state that stops all actions on the computer. Any open documents and applications are moved to the system memory (RAM) and the computer goes to a low-power state. Other languages: Igbo, Yoruba Related terms Reboot Gyangyaɗi Decomposition:  

English (en) Simulation A simulation imitates the operation of real-world processes or systems with the use of models. The model represents the key behaviours and characteristics of the selected process or system while the simulation represents how the model evolves under different conditions over time. Other languages: Igbo, Yoruba Related terms Parsing Kwaikwayon ɗabi'a ga...

English (en) Shutdown Shutdown is closing all programs in preparation to turn off a computer's power. The operating system is the last program to be closed as part of a computer's shut down process. Other languages: Igbo, Yoruba Related terms Online Rufewa Decomposition:  

English (en) Shell Your interface to the operating system is called a shell. The shell is the outermost layer of the operating system. Shells incorporate a programming language to control processes and files, as well as to start and control other programs. Other languages: Igbo, Yoruba Related terms Interface (software) An-tsakanin tsarin na'ura Decomposition:  ...

English (en) Serial/sequential computing As the opposite of parallel computing, serial computing is a single-processor computer that executes one instruction after the other. Also called sequential computing, serial computing uses only one processor to execute tasks one after the other. Other languages: Igbo, Yoruba Related terms Serverless computing Sassauƙan tsarin aiwatarwar kwamfuta Decomposition:   a...

English (en) Second-level domain The page that a search engine returns after a user submits a search query. In addition to organic search results, search engine results pages (SERPs) usually include paid search and pay-per-click (PPC) ads. Other languages: Igbo, Yoruba Related terms Search engine Shafin Sakamakon Binciken Inji (SSBI) Decomposition:  Result page of Search...

English (en) Second-level domain In our example of the "google.com" domain name, there are two parts of the domain name. First is "google," which is called the SLD (second-level domain). The second-level domain name is the actual name of the website without the extension .com,.org,.ng or others Other languages: Igbo, Yoruba Related terms Sunan ainahin...

English (en) Shareware Shareware is commercial software that is distributed free to users, eventually either requiring or encouraging users to pay for the continued support of the software. Other languages: Igbo, Yoruba Related terms Open-Source Software Taƙaitacciyar manhaja Decomposition:  a restricted software Manhajar wucin-gadi Decomposition: a temporal software  

English (en) Search engine A search engine is software accessed on the Internet that searches a database of information according to the user's query, keywords or phrases. A search engine is a coordinated set of programs that search for and identifies items in a database that match specified criteria. Other languages: Igbo, Yoruba Related terms...