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Dictionary of Computers - S

Index
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
S
SAA
sampling
sans-serif font
scalability
scalable font
scanner
Scart socket
Schickard, Wilhelm
Science Learning Network
screen
screen dump
screen grabber
screen saver
script
scripting language
scrollback
scrollbar
scrolling
SCSI
SDK
SDRAM
search engine
search request
searching
SECAM
sector
secure HTTP
secure socket layer
security
seek time
Sega
sendmail
sensor
sequence-control register
sequential file
serial device
serial file
serial interface
Serial Line Internet Protocol
serif font
Serif PagePlus
server
SET
set-top box
SGML
shared memory bus architecture
shareware
shell
shell account
shell script
Shockley, William Bradford
Shockwave
shopping 'bot
short message service
shortcut
shovelware
signal processing
signature
silicon chip
Silicon Graphics, Inc
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
Simple Network Management Protocol
simplex method
simulation
Sinclair, Clive Marles
Single In-line Memory Module
site
site licence
skinnable interface
slide show
SLIP
Smalltalk
smart
smart card
smartphone
SMIL
smiley
SMPTE
SMS
SMTP
SNA
snail mail
sniffer
SNMP
SOAP
socket
Socks
soft-sectored disk
software
software agent
software piracy
software project life cycle
software suite
Solaris
Sony
sort
sorting
sound card
SoundBlaster
source code
source language
source program
spam
spam
Sparc
speech chip
speech recognition
speech recognition software
speech synthesis
spider
spooling
spreadsheet
Sprint
sprite
SQL
SRAM
stack
stand-alone computer
standards
start bit
startup screen
static IP address
steganography
stepper motor
stereoscopic display
Sterling, Bruce
Stibitz, George Robert
stickiness
stop bit
story board
streaming
string
structured programming
style sheet
subject drift
subnotebook
subroutine
substring
subsystem
sum
Sun Microsystems
supercomputer
SuperJANET
Suppes, Patrick
support
support environment
surfing
Sutherland, Ivan Edward
SVGA
swap
switch
SXGA
symbolic address
symbolic processor
symmetric-key cryptography
synchronous
sysop
system administrator
system flow chart
system implementation
system requirements
System X
SYSTEM.INI
systems analysis
Systems Application Architecture
systems design
Systems Network Architecture
systems program
© From the Hutchinson Encyclopaedia.
Helicon Publishing LTD 2008.
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