Keywords Bank

P

PDE

Partial Differential Equations

peering

the movement of information between parts of the Internet that belong to different Internet providers

Podcast

a series of digital-media files which are distributed over the Internet using syndication feeds for playback on portable media players and computers

punched card (karta perforowana)

a card on which data can be recorded in the form of punched holes

R

rate of change

an indicator showing the difference between parameters in a specific unit of time

regexp

an abbreviation for regular expressions. In computing, regular expressions provide a concise and flexible means for identifying strings of text of interest, such as particular characters, words, or patterns of characters

rendering (renderowanie)

the process of generating an image from a model by means of computer programs

router

a network device used for sending data packets across computer networks

routing

the process of selecting paths in a network along which data can be sent.

S

SCO

a software company formerly called Caldera Systems and Caldera Inter- national. After acquiring the Santa Cruz Operation’s Server Software and Services divisions, as well as UnixWare and OpenServer technologies, the company changed its focus to UNIX. Later on, Caldera changed its name to The SCO Group to reflect that change in focus.

sector-based static lighting

texture contains information about lighting which means it is not affected by the angle or position of the light source

separable differential equation

a class of equations that can be separated into a pair of integrals

skybox

a pre-rendered backdrop of "infinite-distance" surroundings used in 3D video games

social engineering

practice of obtaining confidential information by manipulating users

software (oprogramowanie)

in general - computer programs