In computer science, a mask or bitmask is data that is used for bitwise operations, particularly in a bit field. Using a mask, multiple bits in a byte...
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refer to: Mask (computing), in computer science, a bit pattern used to extract information from another bit pattern Affinity mask, a bit mask indicating...
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Bit blit (redirect from Blit (computing))
on. This technique is known as dirty rectangles. Alpha compositing Mask (computing), used here as a stencil Blitter Sanchez, Julio; Maria P. Canton (2007)...
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Interrupt (redirect from Interrupt mask)
implement computer multitasking and system calls, especially in real-time computing. Systems that use interrupts in these ways are said to be interrupt-driven...
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by another Temporal masking Simultaneous masking Visual masking Backward masking, in psychovisual or psychoacoustics Mask (computing), AND'ing or OR'ing...
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Data Mask or similar may mean: In computer science, "data mask" is another name for mask (computing), a bit pattern used to extract information from another...
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parallel computing: bit-level, instruction-level, data, and task parallelism. Parallelism has long been employed in high-performance computing, but has...
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Word (computer architecture) – Base memory unit handled by a computer Mask (computing) – Data used for bitwise operations Program status word Status register –...
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Computing is any goal-oriented activity requiring, benefiting from, or creating computing machinery. It includes the study and experimentation of algorithmic...
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List of computer graphics and descriptive geometry topics (category Computing-related lists)
sequence Low poly Marching cubes Marching squares Marching tetrahedra Mask (computing) Mesh generation Metropolis light transport Micropolygon Minimum bounding...
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Optical computing or photonic computing uses light waves produced by lasers or incoherent sources for data processing, data storage or data communication...
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Computer (redirect from Computing device)
of the analytical engine's computing unit (the mill) in 1888. He gave a successful demonstration of its use in computing tables in 1906. In his work...
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encoded in the alpha channel of an RGBA texture used for coloring instead of being a standalone greyscale texture. Mask (computing)#Image masks v t e...
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In computing, a daemon is a program that runs as a background process, rather than being under the direct control of an interactive user. Customary convention...
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Internet Control Message Protocol (redirect from ICMP Address Mask Request)
with an Address mask reply message. Where: Type must be set to 17 Code must be set to 0 Address mask can be set to 0 ICMP Address Mask Request may be used...
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The history of computing is longer than the history of computing hardware and modern computing technology and includes the history of methods intended...
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Hacker (redirect from Hacker (computing))
This could include using anonymity tools (such as a VPN or the dark web) to mask their identities online and pose as criminals. Hacking can also have a broader...
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In computing, load balancing is the process of distributing a set of tasks over a set of resources (computing units), with the aim of making their overall...
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In computing, a non-maskable interrupt (NMI) is a hardware interrupt that standard interrupt-masking techniques in the system cannot ignore. It typically...
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Security-focused operating system Security-Enhanced Linux "Hardening Your Computing Assets" (PDF). at globalsecurity.org "CIS Benchmark List". at globalsecurity...
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Promptuary (section The Mask Strips)
large digit at one end and with many small digits along the strip a set of mask strips, which Napier called excised or perforated strips. Each has a single...
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There can be many possible maskers at the same frequency. In this situation, it would be necessary to compute the global masking threshold using a high resolution...
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This is a list of computing and IT acronyms, initialisms and abbreviations. 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z See also References...
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the U.S., spammers hop through open relays across political boundaries to mask their origin. Honeypot operators may use intercepted relay tests to recognize...
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Although related (due to they are used for the same purposes), image bit masks and alpha channels are techniques which do not involve the use of palettes...
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Content-addressable memory (redirect from CAM (computing))
the binary CAM. This additional state is typically implemented by adding a mask bit (care or don't care bit) to every memory cell. In 2013, IBM fabricated...
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events in the history of computing from 1950 to 1979. For narratives explaining the overall developments, see the history of computing. Information revolution...
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In computing, an avatar is a graphical representation of a user, the user's character, or persona. Avatars can be two-dimensional icons in Internet forums...
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Coded aperture (redirect from Coded mask)
Coded apertures or coded-aperture masks are grids, gratings, or other patterns of materials opaque to various wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation...
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Alan Turing (category History of computing in the United Kingdom)
the Automatic Computing Engine, one of the first designs for a stored-program computer. In 1948, Turing joined Max Newman's Computing Machine Laboratory...
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