Words in Computer Science
Vocabulary commonly using CS
Buffer pool
An area of memory into which data pages are read, modified, and held during processing
CMOS
Complementary metal-oxide semiconductor
Code point
A 1-byte code representing one of 256 potential characters
Daemon
In UNIX systems (Linux), a long-lived process
runs unattended to perform continuous or periodic system-wide functions
Daemons can be triggered automatically for execution of tasks
Data type
The properties and internal representation that characterize data
Deadlock
An error condition in which further process cannot continue because each of two elements of the process is waiting for an action by or a response from the other.
Unresolvable contention for the use of a resource
Endian
An attribute of data representation that reflects how certain multi-octet data is stored in memory.
Gateway
A device or program used to connect networks or systems with different network architectures. The system can have different
Protocols
Network architecture
security policies
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