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Saugus.net: Glossary of Computer Terms (11382 words) |
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 | In reality, computer memory is only capable of remembering sequences of zeros and ones, but by utilizing the binary number system it is possible to produce arbitrary rational numbers and through clever formatting all manner of representations of pictures, sounds, and animations. |
 | Programming languages designed to help facilitate it are called object-oriented languages (sometimes abbreviated as OOL) and databases built with it in mind are called object-oriented databases (sometimes abbreviated as OODB or less fortunately OOD). |
| Game programming and graphics glossary (1647 words) |
 | A program that converts another program written in one programming language into another programming language while retaining the semantics specified by the original program. |
 | Most programs contain references to functions and data that whose interfaces are known to the compiler but whose definition is not known. |
 | Programming by adding patches and hacks to a piece of code that is to fragile to modify in any straight forward manner. |