When people think of computers, they usually think of silicon chips and circuit boards. Moving from relays to vacuum tubes to transistors to… more »
Algol
The 1950s and early 1960s saw the emergence of two highlevel computer languages into widespread use. The first was designed to be an… more »
Ajax
With the tremendous growth in Web usage comes a challenge to deliver Web-page content more efficiently and with greater flexibility. This is desirable… more »
Aiken, Howard
Howard Hathaway Aiken was a pioneer in the development of automatic calculating machines. Born on March 8, 1900, in Hoboken, New Jersey, he… more »
Advanced Micro Devices
Sunnyvale, California-based Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., (NYSE symbol AMD) is a major competitor in the market for integrated circuits, particularly the processors that… more »
Adobe Systems
Adobe Systems (NASDAQ symbol ADBE) is best known for products relating to the formatting, printing, and display of documents. Founded in 1982 by… more »
addressing
In order for computers to manipulate data, they must be able to store and retrieve it on demand. This requires a way to… more »
Ada
Starting in the 1960s, the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) began to confront the growing unmanageability of its software development efforts. Whenever a… more »
active server pages
Many users think of Web pages as being like pages in a book, stored intact on the server, ready to be flipped through… more »
ARTICULATED GEOMETRY
Robot arms can move in various different ways. Some can attain only certain discrete, or definite, positions, and cannot stop at any intermediate… more »
Computer Dictionary A
Å n. See angstrom. Å n. See angstrom. A or a n. See ampere. A: or a: n. In Windows and some other… more »
