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- From the Oxford University Press, this is a comprehensive dictionary of computing words and terminology.
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PLD
PLD Abbrev. for programmable logic device. A form of PAL in which the outputs emerge through output cells, an output cell being a logic circuit...
1/1/04 by JOHN DAINTITH · More from publicationPL/I
PL/I A programming language designed initially by the IBM users' group SHARE, and adopted by IBM as a major product. PL/I was intended to replace...
1/1/04 by JOHN DAINTITH · More from publicationpipeline processing
pipeline processing A form of processing – analogous to a manufacturing production line – in which the time required to pass...
1/1/04 by JOHN DAINTITH · More from publicationPLA
PLA Abbrev. for programmed logic array, or programmable logic array. A read-only device that is a generalized combinational circuit and may...
1/1/04 by JOHN DAINTITH · More from publicationplasma panel
plasma panel (plasma display) A form of display used in association with computer systems in which light output is produced from the interaction...
1/1/04 by JOHN DAINTITH · More from publicationplausible reasoning
plausible reasoning Automatic reasoning techniques in artificial intelligence that involve some degree of risk or uncertainty and so cannot...
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