Spanish-English Computing Glossary (M)


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manejador nm (Comput) handler; ~ de eventos event handler
manejar vt (Comput) to handle an event
manejo nm (Comput: of events etc) handling; ~ de eventos event handling
mano nf (Comput: of cursor) hand, hand shape; el cursor se transforma en una ~ the cursor becomes a hand shape
manos-libres nm (Comput, Telecomm) hands-free; ~ libres integrado built-in hands-free
mantenimiento nm (Comput) maintenance
máquina nf (Comput) machine
máquina nf (Comput: Java etc) ~ virtual virtual machine, VM; ~ virtual de Java Java virtual machine, JVM; ejecutarse en la ~ virtual to run inside the VM
máquina nf (Comput, Math) ~ de estados finitos fininte state machine; ~ de Turing Turing machine
marco nm (Comput) mark
masivo a (Comput) mass storage; dispositivo de almacenamiento ~ mass storage device
maximizar vt (Comput) to maximise a window
máximo a (Comput) maximum size
ME nm (Comput) event handler
membresía nf (Comput, Math: of a set) membership
memoria nf (Comput) memory; gestión de la ~ memory management; ~ asignada a un programa memory allocated to a program, a program's memory allocation; ~ de tipo DDR2 DDR2 memory, DDR2 RAM; zona de ~ area of memory; * ~ caché cache memory; ~ dinámica dynamic memory; fragmentación de ~ memory fragmentation
mensaje nm (Comput: between users) message
mensaje nm (Comput: between program components) message; responder a un ~ to respond to a message, deal with a message
menú nm (Comput) menu; ~ emergente popup menu; * ~ contextual context-sensitive menu; ~ de control control menu; ~ Archivo File menu; ~ Edición, ~ de edición Edit menu; ~ Opciones, ~ de opciones Options menu, Preferences menu
metadatos nmp (Comput) metadata; ~ de la base de datos database metadata
método nm (Comput: Java) method; el ~ 'main' the 'main' method, the main method; invocar un ~, invocar a un ~, llamar a un ~ to invoke a method, call a method; * ~ heredado inherited method
metodología nf (Comput) methodology
microchip nm (Comput) chip, microchip
minimizar vt (Comput) to minimise a window
mínimo a (Comput) minimum size
mnemónico a (Comput) mnemonic code
mnemónico nm (Comput: in menu) accelerator key
móbil a portable; computadora ~ laptop, laptop computer, notebook (Spec)
modelo nm (Comput: in Model-View-Controller framework) model
modificador nm (Comput: of key) modifier
modificar vt (Comput) to modify a component, data
modificar vt (Comput) to alter a database schema; to update data in a database ~ datos en una tabla to update data in a table
modo nm (Comput) mode; establecer el ~ ASCII to switch to ASCII mode, turn on ASCII mode
monoespaciado a (Comput) monospaced text
mostrar vt (Comput) to display, show a window, option
mostrar vr (Comput: of window) to appear, be displayed, be shown
motor nm (Comput) engine; (Internet etc) ~ de búsqueda search engine; (DB) ~ de base de datos database engine
mover vt (Comput) to move a window; ~ la ventana a otro lugar to move the window to another place
mover vt (Comput) to move a cursor;
multilínea ai (Comput) multiline text
multiplataforma ai (Comput) cross-platform

This Spanish-English computing glossary compiled by Neil Coffey.
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Latest revision: 14 June 2009.