English (en) Media (storage medium) Media, the plural of medium, broadly describes all channels of communication, including everything from printed paper to digital data. More commonly known as data medium, digital media or medium, media is the plural form of medium and describes computer storage. Other languages: Hausa, Yoruba Related terms Igbo (ig) Ngwa Nchekwaozi...
Category: Technology
Macro Photography
English (en) Macro Photography The word "macro" may also refer to macro photography, a method for taking photographs of a small object at close range. Macro photography is close-up photography of small objects that depicts them as larger than life-sized. Digital cameras have long been capable of macro photography through special macro photography lenses and...
Macro computer
English (en) Macro computer A large and powerful computer capable of managing a large number of simultaneous tasks and of communicating with a large number of connected terminals; used by large and complex organizations (such as banks and supermarkets) in which continuous operation is vital. Other languages: Hausa, Yoruba Related terms Igbo (ig) Nnukwu ìgwè...
Simulation
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: Hausa, Igbo Related terms Parsing Yorùbá (yo) Aṣàfijọ...
Shutdown
English (en) Shutdown Shut down 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. Shutting down a computer is to stop active operation and cut (nearly all) power. Other languages: Hausa, Igbo Related terms...
Shift
English (en) Shift Shift is a key on a keyboard that when pressed enables an alternate set of characters to be produced by the other keys. Shift is a computer function that involves pressing the "shift" key on the keyboard while simultaneously clicking an object, file, or text element. Other languages: Hausa, Igbo Related terms...
Shell
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. In computing, a shell is a computer program that exposes an operating system...
Shareware
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. Shareware is software that is available free of cost but only up to a certain time limit. Furthermore, after the time limit, the user has to pay...
Serverless computing
English (en) Serverless computing Serverless computing is the opposite of server computing, whereby a server located somewhere and can be accessed remotely over a network to provide resources and services to another computer program. Other languages: Hausa, Igbo Related terms Serial/sequential computing Yorùbá (yo) Ìmẹ́rọayárabíàṣàlò láìlapínṣẹ́ká Decomposition: Mímú ẹ̀rọ-ayárabíàṣá ṣiṣẹ́ láì lo apínṣẹ́ká - using...
Serial/sequential computing
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. Other languages: Hausa, Igbo Related terms Serverless computing Yorùbá (yo) Ṣíṣírògún ìṣetẹ̀léǹtẹ̀lé Decomposition: Fífi ẹ̀rọ-ayárabíàṣá aṣètò-ìgbésẹ̀ kan ṣoṣo ṣe ìṣirò ní ìtẹ̀léǹtẹ̀lé) - computing done serially by a single processor.