Operating systems

Operating systems

Software that handles the basic functionality of hardware.

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Computer; Operating systems

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Pertaining to technologies for converting textual (ASCII) information into synthetic speech output. Used in voice-processing applications requiring production of broad, unrelated, and unpredictable ...

Error detection

Computer; Operating systems

A technique for detecting when data is lost during transmission. This allows the software to recover lost data by notifying the transmitting computer that it needs to retransmit the data.

Lossless compression

Computer; Operating systems

The process of compressing a file such that, after being compressed and decompressed, it matches its original format bit for bit. Text, code, and numeric data files must be compressed using a ...

Discretization

Computer; Operating systems

The process of putting values of a continuous set of data into groups so that there are a discrete number of possible states.

Engagement

Computer; Operating systems

The users' reaction to a product or service that is perceived as valuable. When a product or service engages users, they want to interact with it and continue doing so.