| A | B |
|---|
| Alpha | In-house group of programmers |
| Analog | Continuous representation of physical property – wave sound |
| Beta | Selected group of outside users that are willing to give feedback on program. |
| Defragmentation | Group related disk areas to improve the speed at which data can be accessed. |
| Digital | Data represented in discrete quantities |
| WAN | Network with unlimited connections world wide |
| Documentation | Purpose, meaningful identifiers, indentation, diagrams, User instruction |
| Firewall | Soft/hardware protection between network and outside world – inspects data |
| Generation | Converts HLL to machine code and creates variable memory location |
| Input devices | Mouse, sensor, keyboard, joystick, scanners and touch screen. |
| LAN | Network with limited connections in-house |
| Modulus | Returns the remainder after integer division. |
| Output devices | Lights, printer, LCD, actuators, switches, converters, plotter. |
| Parity bit | Security digit added to ensure that the number of bits is always even or odd |
| Protocol | Agreed upon formats and procedures related to data transfer |
| Range | Lower and upper limits of data |
| Router | Identifies the proper destination of data |
| Serial | Sequential data access in order used in payroll accounts |
| Software Cycle | Analysis > Design > Construction > Test - Install > Maintenance > Analysis |
| Virtual | An extension of primary memory created by using a secondary swap file |
