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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 publication

• PL/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...

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• pipeline processing

  pipeline processing A form of processing – analogous to a manufacturing production line – in which the time required to pass...

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• PLA

  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 publication

• plasma 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 publication

• plausible reasoning

  plausible reasoning Automatic reasoning techniques in artificial intelligence that involve some degree of risk or uncertainty and so cannot...

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A Dictionary of Computing: Issues from 2004

• January 2004