Vocabulary 8

able to accept instructions for automatic operation or computer processing

relating to a product which is privately owned and controlled; in the computer industry, proprietary is the opposite of open

[U] applying the principles of quantum mechanics to computer technology to make computers of the future much faster

- [C] a request for information from a database- to request information from a database

[U] the use of an object (RFID tag) applied to or incorporated into a product or person for identification using radio waves

relating to changing data that is processed fast enough to control its source; or referring to events simulated in real-life speed.

- to restart a computer- [C] the act of restarting a computer

[U] the process by which an electronic device recognizes acoustic or printed or written letters or numbers.

[C] in a database, a group of fields that make up one complete entry

[U] the restoration of corrupted data resulting from damaged disks, viruses, power spikes, and other problems

to update the screen with new data that has arrived since you first began looking at it

to find and bring back stored data, so that it can be displayed on the screen and processed

able to be rewritten many times; for example, storage media such as optical disks and magnetic tapes

(~ to) to convert and copy sounds or pictures from a DVD or CD onto a computer

[C] a device that sends data packets through networks; located at gateways, where two or more networks connect

- to operate or execute a program- (of a program) to be executed

(~ into) to pass light over a picture or document in order to copy and store it in the memory of a computer

[C] a flat surface in a cinema, on a television or a computer system on which pictures or words are shown

[C] a series of commands that can be executed without user interaction

relating to sth done so smoothly that you cannot tell where one thing stops and the next begins

(of computer files and database) containing information organized in such way that it can be found using a computer

[C] a material like silicon, which partially allows electricity to move through it, or an electronic device made from this material

designed to transfer data sequentially, i.e. one data bit after another

[C] a software program that controls or supplies information to several clients connected in a network

[C] the central part of a computer system that controls the interpretation and execution of instructions