#software

• Called party — Having been contacted via a telephone or digital call; the receiving subscriber or terminal to which an electronic connection was initiated. In a legal context, it designates the lower court decision against which an appeal has been filed, or the person summoned before the higher court, whereas in computer science it indicates the function or code component executed by a caller.
• API — Acronym for Application Programming Interface; a set of rules, protocols, and software tools that allows different applications or computing components to communicate and exchange data with each other. As a functional noun, it describes the access endpoints through which developers can query web services or operating systems.
• Flattening — The act of flattening and its direct result; the geometric or mechanical transformation of a three-dimensional body through which it becomes flat, plane, or squashed under the influence of pressure, rolling, or percussion forces. In the field of digital graphics, it represents the irreversible process of merging superimposed transparent layers into a single unified two-dimensional matrix.
• Application — The putting into practice of a principle, law, or abstract theory; a task or work executed for educational or utilitarian purposes; a textile or metallic ornament attached onto a base support. In computer science, it represents a software program or complex digital system structurally designed to run on an electronic device to fulfill specific functions requested by users.
• Applicative — Serving for the practical application of theoretical knowledge; characterized by direct utility, functionality, and a pragmatic orientation. In computer science and technology, it describes a program, software system, or digital architecture structurally designed to execute specific tasks requested directly by the end-user.
• App-centric — Placing mobile or software applications at the forefront of development, distribution, or usage strategy; an operational model where the entire user experience is built around a dedicated application, eliminating or sidelining traditional web pages. It is a technical neologism frequently used in the Romanian tech industry, unrecorded in academic dictionaries.
• Assert — A logical assertion assumed to be true at a specific point in an algorithm or reasoning; a software macro or function used in programming to verify if a mandatory structural condition is met during code execution. If the verification fails, the program halts to signal a logic error.
• Asynchronous — Not occurring at the same time as another phenomenon or not coordinated by a common clock signal; non-synchronized. In computer science and programming, it describes the structural running of operations in the background, allowing code execution without blocking the main thread, thus optimizing system resources.
• Asynchronous — Not synchronal, lacking synchronism; a process, phenomenon, or technical system whose component operations do not unfold simultaneously or in strict temporal accordance with a central clock or another system. In computer science and programming, it describes the structural execution of tasks or functions in the background, allowing the main code to continue running without being blocked while waiting for a response from a database or an external server.
• Audio chess — A digital system, software application, or game variant designed to allow chess matches to be played through sound commands and speech synthesis, primarily used to make the sport accessible to blind or visually impaired individuals. Moves are announced aloud using standardized coordinates, removing the need for visual interaction.
• Augmenter — A person, agent, or technical factor that augments, increases, supplements, or optimizes a system, a set of resources, or a data volume. In computer science and artificial intelligence, it can refer to an algorithm or software module specialized in automated data augmentation.
• Auto-generated — Produced, created, or triggered automatically by its own system, organism, or mechanism, without the need for an external stimulus or manual intervention. The hyphenated compound term 'auto-generat' is heavily used in software programming (for codes or files created by servers) and neuropsychology (for brain-induced states), absent as a separate entry in the main dexonline body.
• Vocal processor — An electroacoustic device or specialized software program capable of automatically recording, processing, and playing back multiple harmonized voices starting from a single pre-existing vocal source, simulating the effect of a full choral ensemble. In a technical and acoustic sense, it represents an autonomous system for the multiplication and spectral alignment of audio signals to generate sonic depth.
• To auto-correct — To autonomously or automatically rectify or remedy one's own mistakes, spelling, language, or behavioral errors, without the direct intervention of an external correcting factor. In computer science, it describes the action of an algorithm or software to instantly modify a misspelled word, whereas in psychology and education it refers to an individual's conscious ability to revise their cognitive or behavioral errors.
• Auto-correction — The act of auto-correcting and its result; a software function or psycholinguistic process through which grammatical, spelling, or behavioral errors are instantly identified and rectified by the system itself. This structural mechanism ensures data accuracy in digital communication and optimizes human learning processes.
• Autocorrect — A modern form and lexical variant equivalent to auto-correction; an automatic, technological, or psycholinguistic mechanism through which typing, drafting errors, or grammatical deviations are instantly modified and aligned with a predefined correct norm. In the context of digital technologies, it describes the smart feature of virtual keyboards that anticipates and rectifies typing slips through predictive algorithms.
• Self-troubleshooting — The act of self-troubleshooting and its result; an automated software feature, a mechanical self-repair cycle, or a structural process through which a facility or program independently remedies its operational problems. This mechanism considerably reduces downtime and maintenance operational costs.
• Self-repaired — Having been repaired, corrected, or restored to optimal operational state autonomously or automatically by its own logical systems or integrated mechanisms, without external manual assistance. It describes the structural state of a software program, electronic circuit, or industrial machine that has successfully restarted after the internal elimination of an error.
• Self-troubleshooter — A device, software program, digital tool, or integrated module that holds the structural function to automatically locate, diagnose, and remedy its own malfunctions or those of the system it belongs to, without human intervention. As an adjective, it describes a constructive property or operational capacity for self-repair.
• To self-describe — To consciously and autonomously present, depict, or portray one's own physical, moral, professional, or behavioral traits; to self-characterize through written or spoken language. In computer science, it describes the action of a data format, object, or program exposing its own internal structure and metadata through software reflection mechanisms.