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Founded in 1946, the IEEE Computer Society is a professional organization for computing professionals. Based in Washington, DC, it's the largest of IEEE’s 38 societies organized under the IEEE Technical Activities Board. The IEEE Computer Society is dedicated to advancing the theory, practice, and ...
A set of measurements used in computer performance evaluation, describing the proportion of time each of the major resources in a computer system is busy, divided by the time that resource is available.
Industry:Computer; Software
A set of one or more computer program modules together with associated control data, (for example, tables), usage procedures, and operating procedures that satisfy the following conditions: (a) All modules are from a single computer program; (b) At least one of the new or changed modules in the set has not completed the unit test; (c) The set of modules together with its associated data and procedures are the sole object of a testing process.
Industry:Computer; Software
A set of programming languages and the support software (editors, compilers, linkers, etc.) necessary for using these languages with a given computer system.
Industry:Computer; Software
A set of related data items treated as a unit. For example, in stock control, the data for each invoice could constitute one record.
Industry:Computer; Software
A set of related records treated as a unit. For example, in stock control, a file could consist of a set of invoice records.
Industry:Computer; Software
A shared variable used to synchronize concurrent processes by indicating whether an action has been completed or an event has occurred.
Industry:Computer; Software
A signal or other input requesting that the currently executing process be suspended to permit performance of another process.
Industry:Computer; Software
A single cycle in the processing of a set of data, usually performing part of an overall process. For example, a pass of an assembler through a source program; a pass of a sort program through a set of data.
Industry:Computer; Software
A single-entry, single-exit loop, in which the loop control is executed after the loop body.
Industry:Computer; Software
