Computer Science

Intelligent process automation (IPA) is a combination of technologies used to manage and automate digital processes.

Machine teaching is the emerging practice of infusing context -- and often business consequences -- into the selection of training data used in artificial intelligence (AI) machine learning so that the most relevant outputs are produced by the machine learning algorithms.

Robotic process automation technology is software that can be trained to mimic routine, labor-intensive tasks performed by humans.

Megabytes per second (MBps) is a unit of measurement for data transfer speed to and from a computer storage device.

A zettabyte is a unit of measurement used by technology professionals and the general public to describe a computer or other device's storage capacity.

Telecommuting is an arrangement to work outside the traditional office or workplace, usually at home or in a mobile situation.

NOR flash memory is one of two types of non-volatile storage technologies.

Micromobility technology is a category of light-weight transportation designed for individual use. Examples of micromobility technology include electronic scooters and ebikes, traditional bicycles and scooters, Segways, electric skateboards, electric water bikes and hoverboards, 

A logic gate is an elementary building block of a digital circuit. There are seven basic logic gates: AND, OR, XOR, NOT, NAND, NOR, and XNOR.

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A motor vehicle record (MVR) is the documentation of a person’s driving history. The information in an MVR includes personally identifiable information (PII) as well as information about the driver's traffic citations, vehicular crimes, accidents, driving under the influence (DUI) convictions and the number of points on the individual’s driver’s license.

United States Department of Energy (DOE) is a federal cabinet agency that is tasked with overseeing the energy economy, energy policies and energy security of the U.S. The agency creates policies for nuclear power, fossil fuel and alternative energy sources.

Megabytes per second (MBps) is a unit of measurement for data transfer speed to and from a computer storage device.

RAID (redundant array of independent disks) is a way of storing the same data in different places on multiple hard disks or solid-state drives to protect data in the case of a drive failure.

Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is an application-layer protocol used to manage and monitor network devices and their functions.

Grid computing (or the use of a computational grid) is applying the resources of many computers in a network to a single problem at the same time

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Deductive reasoning is a logical process in which a conclusion is based on the accordance of multiple premises that are generally assumed to be true.

A prime number is a whole number greater than 1 whose only factors are 1 and itself. A factor is a whole numbers that can be divided evenly into another number.

A unique identifier (UID) is a numeric or alphanumeric string that is associated with a single entity within a given system.

Cache memory, also called CPU memory, is high-speed static random access memory (SRAM) that a computer microprocessor can access more quickly than it can access regular random access memory (RAM).

A processor register is one of a small set of data holding places that are part of a processor, or CPU, in a computer.

Server virtualization is a process that creates and abstracts multiple virtual instances on a single server.

Quantum theory is the theoretical basis of modern physics explaining the nature and behavior of matter and energy on the atomic and subatomic level, sometimes called quantum mechanics or quantum physics. This definition provides an introduction to quantum theory.

A quantum microphone is an extremely device that detects the smallest particles of sound, such as packets of vibrational energy called phonons.

A MEMS (micro-electromechanical system) is a miniature machine that has both mechanical and electronic components.

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A static IP address is a 32 bit number that is assigned to a computer to be its address on the internet.

TCP/IP, or the Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol, is a suite of communication protocols used to interconnect network devices on the internet.

Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is an application-layer protocol used to manage and monitor network devices and their functions.

A bot (short for 'robot' and also called an internet bot) is a computer program that operates as an agent to either simulate a human activity or for a user or another program.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is the simulation of human intelligence processes by machines, especially computer systems.

A chatbot -- sometimes referred to as a chatterbot -- is programming that simulates the conversation or "chatter" of a human being through text or voice interactions.

A cinemagraph is an image that combines still photography with active video to create a picture that contains a small moving element while the rest is frozen.

Videogrammetry is the extraction of an object’s measurements from a video; measurements may be gathered from multiple angles or multiple videos.

A digital evidence presentation system (DEPS) is a system with an overhead camera and a liquid crystal display (LCD) used in courts to present and record evidence digitally.