Spanish-English Computing Glossary

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acceder vi (Comput) ~ a to access
accesibilidad nf (Comput) accessibility
acceso nm (Comput) access; restringir el ~ a algo to restrict access to sth;
acción nf (Comput) action
acelerador nm (Comput: key shortcut) accelerator
acelerar vt (Comput) to speed up a search, operation
aceptar vt (Comput: of text field) to accept, take data as input
acepter vt (Comput: of server) to accept requests, connections;
activación nf (Comput: of neuron in neural network) activation; función de ~ activation function
activado a (Comput: of application) running, active; esta es la mejor forma de mantener las aplicaciones cuando tienes varias de ellas activadas this is the best way to manage applications when you have several running at once
activar vt (Comput) to activate, enable
actualizar vr (Comput: of data) to be updated
actualizar vt (Comput: in web browser) to refresh a page; el botón 'Actualizar' the 'Refresh' button, the refresh button;
acuse nm (Comput) ~ de recibo acknowledgement; solicitar ~ de recibo to request an acknowledgement
ada nm (Comput) Ada
adaptador nm (Comput: hardware) adapter, card; ~ de red network adapter, network card; ~ de video video adapter, video card; * ~ de red wireless wireless network adaptor; ~ de video integrado integrated video adapter
adaptador nm (Comput: Java etc) adapter
administrador nm (Comput: in software, OS) administrator, manager; * ~ de bases de datos database system, database management system, DBMS; ~ de interfaz du usario UI manager; ~ de seguridad security manager; (Java) ~ de seguridad de Java Java Security Manager
aleatorio a (Comput, Math) random
algol nm (Comput) Algol
algoritmo nm (Comput, Math) algorithm; ~ genético genetic algorithm; ~ numérico numeric algorithm; ~ A*, ~ "A estrella" A* algorithm; ~ de fuerza bruta brute force algorithm
alinear vt (Comput) to align text (con, with)
almacenamiento nm (Comput) storage, storage space; minimizar el ~ usado por algo to minimise the storage space used by sth
almacenar vt (Comput) to store data; ser almacenado en la memoria to be stored in memory
alto nm (Comput: of cell) height
altura nf (Comput: of window, component) height
ambiente nm (Comput) environment; ~ de desarrollo IDE, integrated development environment, development environment
ampliar vt (Comput) to expand a window
ampliar vr (Comput: of window) to expand; cuando se pulsa este botón, la ventana se amplia al máximo when this button is pressed, the window expands to its maximum size
añadir vt (Comput) to add a control, component (a, to); ~ un botón a una ventana to add a button to a window
analizar vt to analyse
ancho nm (Comput: of table cell) width
anchura nf (Comput: of window, component) width
antidepuradores ai (Comput) antidebugging mechanism
aparecer vi (Comput) to appear, be displayed
apariencia nf (Comput: of UI components) appearance, look and feel
apertura nf (Comput)
aprendizje nm (Comput) learning; ~ supervisado supervised learning; relación de ~ learning rate
apuntado a (Comput: of memory) pointed to (por, by)
apuntar vt (Comput: in GUI) to point at
apuntar vt (Comput: in programming) to point to memory
API nf (Comput) API
aplicación nf (Comput) application, app (Infml); * ~ cliente client application, client-side application; ~ de consola console application; ~ basada en ventanas windows-based application
applet nm (Comput: Java) applet
archivo nm (Comput) file
argumento nm (Comput) argument; enviar como ~ to pass in, pass as an argument
arrancar vt (Comput) to start up a service; ~ el servidor to start up the server; si el servidor ya estaba arrancado if the server is already running; detenerlo y volverlo a ~ to stop and start it again, stop and restart it
arrastrar vt (Comput) to drag; ~ y colocar drag and drop
asgnado a (Comput: of resources) allocated (a, to)
asignar vt (Comput) to assign; ~ algo a algo to assign sth to sth, give sth sth; ~ una imagen a un botón to assign an image to a button; ~ una descripción a un botón to assign a description to a button, give a button a description
asignar vt (Comput: of memory) to allocate, assign; ~ memoria a algo to assign memory to sth
asterisco nm (Comput) asterisk; reemplazados por ~s replaced with asterisks
atributo nm (Comput) attribute; el valor del ~ 'size' especifica el tamaño de la caja the (value of) the 'size' attribute specifies the size of the box; * ~ de sesión session attribute
atrás d (Comput: on button) "~" "back"; el botón 'Atrás' the 'Back' button, the back button
artículo nm (Comput: in newsgroup) article; ~ de noticias news article
ASCII n (Comput) ASCII; fichero ~ ASCII text file, ASCII file; modo ~ ASCII mode
automodificable a (Comput) self-modifying code; código ~ self-modifying code, SMC
ayuda nf (Comput) help, help file, help files, documentation; para más información, consulta la ~ for more information, consult the help (or) help files (or) documentation