Category: Yorùbá

English (en) Slideshow The continuous display of selected images on the computer, either sequentially or at random. Slide shows are created by the operating system and run after a designated period of no user activity. A slide show is an exposition of a series of slides or images in an electronic device or in a...

English (en) Slide (swipe finger across) For any touch screen interface, swipe or slide describes laying your finger on a screen and moving in any direction. For example, with a smartphone, you may need to slide or swipe your finger to bring up the prompt to unlock the lock screen on a phone. This term...

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. With a presentation or program like Microsoft PowerPoint, a slide is one page of...

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. This is similar to pausing a movie DVD. The computer is still powered on...

English (en) Skeuomorphism Skeuomorphism is a design technique used to create graphical user interfaces that emulate the look of familiar physical objects. Its purpose is to help users identify and understand interface elements at first glance. For instance, a bevelled button may appear to protrude from the background, suggesting that it can be "pushed" by clicking it. Other...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...