Tech Glossary
Tech terms that start with [S]
- S
- S-ALGOL
- S-K reduction machine
- S-Lang
- S-Video
- s///
- S3
- SA
- SA-110
- Saber-C
- Saber-C++
- SAC
- SAC-1
- SAC2
- sacadm
- sacred
- SAD SAM
- SAFARI
- safe
- safe mode
- safety
- safety-critical system
- saga
- sagan
- SAGE
- SAIC
- SAIL
- SAINT
- SAL
- SALEM
- Sales Force Automation
- salescritter
- SALT
- salt mines
- salt substrate
- SAM76
- Samba
- SAME
- same-day service
- SAMeDL
- samizdat
- SAML
- sample
- sample rate
- sampling
- samurai
- San Francisco
- sandbender
- sandbox
- Sandman
- sanity check
- Santa Cruz Operation
- SAP
- SAP AG
- SAPI
- SAS
- SAS System
- SASD
- SASE
- SASL
- SASL+LV
- SASL-YACC
- Sather
- Sather-K
- satisfiability problem
- saturation
- Saturday-night special
- sausage code
- SAVE
- save as
- say
- sb
- SB AWE32
- SB-Prolog
- SBCS
- SBus
- SC
- SC/MP
- scag
- scalability
- Scalable Coherent Interface
- Scalable Processor ARChitecture
- Scalable Sampling Rate
- Scalable Vector Graphics
- scalar
- SCALLOP
- SCAN
- scan design
- scan line
- scan path
- scan register
- Scan-EDF
- SCANDISK
- scanf
- scanner
- scanno
- scar tissue code
- SCCS
- SCEPTRE
- Schachter's Hypothesis
- scheduling
- Scheduling Application Programming Interface
- Schelog
- schema
- Schema Definition Set
- Schema Representation language
- schematic capture
- Schematik
- Scheme
- Scheme Library
- Scheme Object System
- Scheme Repository
- Scheme-Linda
- Scheme-to-C
- Scheme84
- Scheme88
- Schlaer-Mellor
- Schoonschip
- schrödinbug
- SCI
- Science and Engineering Research Council
- Scientific Data Systems
- SCL
- SCM
- Scode
- SCOOP
- SCOOPS
- SCOPE
- Scorpion
- Scott domain
- Scott-closed
- SCPI Consortium
- scram switch
- SCRAP
- scratch
- scratch disk
- scratch monkey
- Scratchpad I
- Scratchpad II
- scream and die
- Screamer
- screaming tty
- screen
- screen dump
- Screen Peace
- screen popping
- screen reader
- screen saver
- screen scraper
- screen server
- screen sharing
- Screenwrite
- screw
- screwage
- scribble
- Scribe
- SCRIPT
- Scriptics
- scripting language
- scrog
- SCROLL
- scroll bar
- scrollable list
- scrolling
- scrool
- scrozzle
- SCSI adaptor
- SCSI ID
- SCSI initiator
- SCSI reconnect
- SCSI target
- SCSI-1
- SCSI-2
- SCSI-3
- ScumOS
- scuzzy
- SD
- SDDI
- SDE
- SDF
- SDI
- SDK
- SDL
- SDL 92
- SDLC
- SDM
- SDMS
- SDRC
- SDS
- SDS 92
- SE
- SE-ODP
- Seagate Technology
- SEAL
- search
- search algorithm
- search engine
- search problem
- search term
- Search The Fucking Web
- search-and-destroy mode
- second generation
- second generation computer
- second generation language
- Second-Order Lambda-calculus
- second-system effect
- secondary cache
- secondary damage
- secondary key
- secondary storage
- sector interleave
- sector mapping
- Secure Hash Algorithm
- Secure Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions
- Secure Shell
- Secure Sockets Layer
- security
- Security Administrator's Integrated Network Tool
- Security Association
- Security Association ID
- security through obscurity
- SEE
- seek
- seek time
- SEESAW
- SEGA
- Sega Genesis/MegaDrive
- seggie
- segment
- segmentation
- segmentation fault
- segmented address space
- segv
- SEI
- Seiko RC-4000
- SEL
- Selective Dissemination of Information
- selector
- Self
- Self Extracting Archive
- Self-Extensible Language
- self-reference
- SEM
- semantic gap
- semantic network
- semantics
- semaphore
- semi
- Semi-Automatic Ground Environment
- semicolon
- semiconductor
- Semidetached Mode
- SENDIT
- sendmail
- Sendmail Inc.
- sendmail.cf
- senior bit
- sense
- sensor
- sentence
- SEP
- separate compilation
- SEPIA
- Seque
- Sequel
- sequence
- Sequenced Packet Exchange
- sequencer
- Sequent
- sequential coding
- sequential file matching
- Sequential Parlog Machine
- sequential processing
- SERCOS
- serial
- Serial Advanced Technology Attachment
- serial communications
- Serial Interface Adaptor
- serial line
- Serial Line Internet Protocol
- Serial Line IP
- Serial Peripheral Interface
- serial port
- serial processor
- Serial Storage Architecture
- serialise
- serve
- server
- Server Message Block
- server room
- server-parsed HTML
- server-side
- server-side include
- serverlet
- service
- Service Access Point
- Service Advertising Protocol
- Service Discovery Protocol
- service provider
- Service Set Identifier
- service-oriented architecture
- serviceability
- SES/workbench
- session
- Session Initiation Protocol
- session layer
- SET
- set associative cache
- set complement
- Set Equation Transformation System
- Set Priority Level
- set theory
- set-top box
- Setext
- SETL
- SETL2
- SEUS
- Seven-Segment Display
- SEX
- Seymour Cray
- SFBI
- SFD-ALGOL
- SFL
- SFLV
- sg
- SGML Tagger
- sgmls
- sh
- SHACO
- SHADOW
- shadow ram
- shallow binding
- shambolic link
- Shape_VC
- ShapeTools
- shar
- sharding
- Share and enjoy!
- shared memory
- Shared Time Repair of Big Electronic Systems
- shareware
- sharp
- Sharp APL
- shebang
- SHEEP
- shelf
- shelfware
- SHELL
- shell out
- shell script
- shell variable
- shielded twisted pair
- SHIFT
- Shift In
- Shift Out
- shim
- shitogram
- Shockwave
- shopbot
- short card
- Short Code
- Short Message Service
- shortcut
- Shorten
- shortest job first
- shotgun debugging
- shoulder surfing
- shovelware
- Show-And-Tell
- showstopper
- shrug report
- SHTF
- Shub-Internet
- SHUG
- Shugart Associates
- SI
- SI prefix
- SICS
- SICStus Prolog
- side-effect
- sidecar
- Siemens
- Siemens Nixdorf Informationssteme, AG
- Sierra
- SIFT
- sig block
- sig quote
- sig virus
- SIGhyper
- SIGLA
- SIGMA
- SIGNAL
- signal-to-noise ratio
- signalling rate
- Signalling System 7
- signature
- SIL
- Silage
- silicon
- Silicon Graphics, Inc.
- Siliwood
- silly walk
- silo
- Silver Book
- SimCity
- SimCity 2000
- Similix
- SIML/I
- SIMM
- Simone
- SIMPAC
- SIMPAS
- SIMPL
- SIMPL-T
- SIMPL/I
- SIMPLE
- Simple Actor Language
- Simple Authentication and Security Layer
- Simple Gateway Control Protocol
- Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
- simple multicast protocol
- Simple Network Management Protocol
- Simple Network Management Protocol version 2
- Simple Network Paging Protocol
- Simple Object Access Protocol
- simplex
- simplex method
- simplex printer
- Simplified Multicast Routing Protocol
- SIMSCRIPT
- SIMSCRIPT I.5
- SIMSCRIPT II.5
- SIMULA
- SIMULA 67
- SIMULA I
- simulated annealing
- Simulating Digital Systems
- simulation
- SIMulation ANalysis
- Simulation Language for Alternative Modeling
- Simulation Oriented Language
- Simultaneous Engineering Environment
- Simultaneous Peripheral Operation On-Line
- simultaneous shipment
- Simware, Inc.
- SINA
- since time T equals minus infinity
- Sinclair PC200
- Sinclair Research
- sine wave
- single assignment
- single assignment language
- Single Connection Attach
- Single Data Rate Random Access Memory
- Single Document Interface
- Single Edge Contact
- Single Edge Contact Cartridge
- Single Edge Processor Package
- Single Electron Tunneling
- Single Electron Tunneling Technology
- single ended
- Single Image Random Dot Stereogram
- Single In-line Memory Module
- single inheritance
- Single Inline Pin Package
- Single Instruction/Multiple Data
- single program/multiple data
- single quote
- single sign-on
- single sourcing
- single static assignment
- single-attached
- single-duplex
- Single-line Digital Subscriber Line
- single-page web application
- singleton variable
- siod
- SIP
- SIPB
- SIPLAN
- Siprol
- SIR
- Siri
- SIRTS
- SISAL
- SITBOL
- site map
- SIxteen Bit Organisers
- sj
- sk
- Skel-ML
- Sketchpad
- Skill
- Skim
- SkipJack
- SKOL
- skolemisation
- SKsh
- SL
- SL5
- slack
- slackware
- SLAM
- SLANG
- slap on the side
- slashdot effect
- slave tty
- SLD resolution
- sleep
- Slide
- sliding-window
- SLIM
- Slingshot
- SLIP
- SlipKnot
- SLIPS
- SLiRP
- SLLIC
- Sloop
- slop
- slopsucker
- Slot 1
- Slot 2
- Slot A
- slurp
- sm
- smail
- SMALGOL
- SMALL
- Small Computer System Interface
- Small Outline DIMM
- Small-C
- small-office/home-office
- Smalltalk
- Smalltalk-80
- Smalltalk/V
- SmallVDM
- SMALLWORLD
- SMART
- Smart Battery Data
- smart card
- Smartdrive
- smash the stack
- SMB
- SMCC
- SMG
- SMIL
- SML
- SML#
- sml2c
- SMNP
- smoke
- smoke and mirrors
- smoke test
- smoke-emitting diode
- smoking clover
- SMoLCS
- SMOP
- SMP
- SMPS
- SMPT
- SMS
- smug report
- smurf
- sn
- snacc
- SNAFU principle
- snail mail
- SNAP
- snap dump
- Snappy Video Snapshot
- snarf
- snarf & barf
- snarf down
- snark
- sneakernet
- sneck
- snert
- Sniff
- snivitz
- SNMP agent
- SNOBOL2
- SNOBOL3
- SNOBOL4
- SNOOPS
- SNR bandwidth product
- SO
- SO 2
- SOA
- SOAP
- SOAR
- social engineering
- social network
- social science number
- socket
- Socket 7
- Socket 8
- Socket 370
- SOCKS
- SOCRATIC
- Sod's Law
- SODAS
- soft boot
- SoftBench
- softcopy
- Softlab
- SoftModem
- SoftVelocity Inc.
- software
- Software AG
- software audit
- Software BackPlane
- software bloat
- Software bus
- software copyright
- Software Description Database
- Software Developers Kit
- software development life cycle
- software enabling
- software engineering
- Software Engineering Environment
- software handshaking
- Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
- software interrupt
- software laser
- software law
- software life-cycle
- Software Methodology
- software metric
- software patent
- software piracy
- software pirate
- Software Practice and Experience
- Software Productivity Centre
- Software Publishing Certificate
- Software Publishing Corporation
- software reliability
- software rot
- software theft
- Software through Pictures
- software tool
- Software Verification Research Centre
- Software Writer's Language
- softwarily
- softy
- SOHIO
- SoHo
- SOJ
- SOL
- Solaris
- SOLID
- solid state
- Solid State Disk
- solid-state storage device
- SOLO
- solution
- Solution Based Modelling
- Solve
- SOM
- Somar DumpAcl
- Somar Software
- some random X
- Sonata
- SORCERER
- sorcerer's apprentice mode
- sort
- SOS
- sound
- Sound Blaster
- sound card
- soundex
- soundness
- source code
- source code escrow
- source code management
- source of all good bits
- source package
- source route
- source-level debugger
- southbridge
- SP
- SP/2
- SP/k
- SP2
- space
- space bar
- space complexity
- space leak
- space-cadet keyboard
- SPACEWAR
- SPADE
- spaghetti code
- spaghetti inheritance
- spaghetti with meatballs code
- spam
- spamdex
- spanning tree algorithm
- SPAR
- SPARC
- SPARC International, Inc.
- SPARC Xterminal 1
- SPARCStation
- SPARCstation 10
- SPARCstation 20
- SPARCsystem 4
- SPARK
- SPARK Annotation Language
- SPARKS
- sparse
- Spatial Technologies
- spawn
- SPC
- SPDL
- Speakeasy
- speaker
- SPEC
- SPEC CFP92
- SPEC CINT92
- SPEC rate
- SPEC ratio
- SPECbase_fp92
- SPECbase_int92
- SPECbaserate
- SPECfp92
- SPECIAL
- Special Interest Group
- special-case
- specialisation
- specific markup
- specification
- SPECint92
- SPECmark
- SPECmark89
- SPECOL
- SPECrate_base_fp92
- SPECrate_fp92
- SPECrate_int92
- Spectral Band Replication
- speculative evaluation
- speculative execution
- Speech Application Programming Interface
- speech recognition
- Speech Recognition Application Program Interface
- speech synthesis
- SPEED
- Speedcoding
- Speedcoding 3
- SPEEDEX
- speedometer
- spelling flame
- Sperry Corporation
- Sperry Univac
- SPG
- SPI
- Spice Lisp
- SPID
- spider
- Spiderweb
- spiffy
- spike
- spim
- spin
- spin control
- spiral model
- SPIT
- SPITBOL
- spiware
- SPL
- SPL/I
- splash screen
- SPLash!
- splat
- SPLINTER
- Split-C
- splot
- SPLX
- SPMD
- spod
- spoiler
- sponge
- spoo
- spoofing
- spooge
- SPOOL
- spool file
- spooler
- SpoolView
- spray
- spread spectrum communications
- spreadsheet
- SPRINT
- Sprintnet
- Sprite
- sprocket feed
- SPS
- SPSS, Inc.
- SPUR
- SPX
- spyware
- SQE
- SQL
- SQL Access Group
- SQL Module Language
- SQL Server
- SQL/DS
- SQL2
- SQL3
- SQLWindows
- SQR
- SQRIBE
- Square
- square tape
- square-headed girlfriend
- Squeak
- squirt the bird
- SR
- SR flip-flop
- SRC Modula-3
- SRDL
- SRI International
- SRL
- SRP
- SSA
- SSADM
- SSD
- SSE-2
- ssh
- SSH File Transfer Protocol
- SSI
- SSII
- SSL
- SSLeay
- SSMA
- st
- St Andrews Static Language
- ST-506
- STAB
- STAB-11
- STAC
- stac compression
- stack
- Stack Environment Control Dump machine
- stack loader
- stack overflow
- stack pointer
- stack puke
- stack traceback
- stacking order
- STAGE2
- Staggered Pin Grid Array
- stale pointer bug
- stand-alone
- standard
- Standard Commands for Programmable Instruments
- Standard d'Echange et de Transfert
- standard deviation
- standard for robot exclusion
- Standard for the exchange of product model data
- Standard Generalised Markup Language
- Standard Generalized Markup Language
- standard input/output
- Standard Instrument Control Library
- Standard Lisp
- Standard ML
- Standard ML of New Jersey
- Standard Operating Environment
- standard semantics
- Standard Widget Toolkit
- Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
- Stanford Artificial Intelligence Language
- Stanford Research Institute
- Stanford University
- STAPLE
- STAR 0
- star network
- StarBurst
- Starset
- start bit
- start of authority
- Start Of Header
- Start Of Text
- state
- state machine
- state transition diagram
- State University of New York
- stateless
- statement
- static
- static analysis
- static database management system
- static link
- static method
- static nested scope
- static random-access memory
- static typing
- static variable
- Station Management
- Statistical Analysis System
- Statistical Package for the Social Sciences
- statistical time division multiplexing
- statistics
- STD
- STD 1
- STD 2
- STD 9
- STD 13
- STD 15
- stdio.h
- STDWIN
- steam-powered
- Steelman
- steganography
- stemmer
- STENSOR
- Stephen Jobs
- Stephen Kleene
- stepper motor
- Stepstone Corp
- stereogram
- Sterling Software, Inc.
- Steve Wozniak
- Steve's Shell
- STFT
- STFU
- Sticks&Stones
- sticky analysis
- sticky bit
- sticky content
- stiffy
- STIL
- STING
- STk
- STMP
- stock-keeping unit
- stomp on
- STONE
- Stone Age
- stone knives and bearskins
- Stoneman
- stop bit
- stoppage
- storage
- Storage Allocation and Coding Program
- Storage Area Network
- Storage Management Services
- storage media
- store
- store and forward
- stored procedure
- STP4
- Strand
- Strand88
- Stratus
- Strawman
- STREAM
- streaming
- Streaming SIMD Extensions
- STREAMS
- strength reduction
- STRESS
- stress testing
- strict
- strict evaluation
- strided
- string
- STring Oriented Interactive Compiler
- String Oriented Symbolic Language
- String PRocessING language
- string reduction
- stringly typed
- stroke
- strong typing
- StrongARM
- strongly connected component
- struct
- structural recursion
- structure diagram
- Structure of Management Information
- structured analysis
- Structured Analysis and Design Technique
- structured design
- structured programming
- strudel
- STRUDL
- STSC APL
- stub
- stub network
- stubroutine
- STUDENT
- Student PL/I
- studly
- studlycaps
- Stuffit
- stupid-sort
- Stupids
- Sturgeon's Law
- style
- su
- subband encoding
- subject
- subject index
- subject-oriented programming
- sublanguage
- subnet
- subnet address
- subroutine
- subscribe
- Subscriber Identity Module
- Subset-Equational Language
- Substitute
- substrate
- subtype
- SuccessoR
- sucking mud
- Sue
- SUGAR
- suicideware
- SUIF
- suit
- suitably small
- Suite Synthetique des Benchmarks de l'AFUU
- sum
- sum of products
- Summary Object Interchange Format
- SUMMER
- SUMMER SESSION
- Sun
- sun lounge
- Sun Microsystems, Inc.
- Sun-2 Workstation
- Sun-3 Workstation
- Sun-4 Workstation
- sun-stools
- SunOS
- sunspots
- SunView
- SUPER
- Super 7
- super minicomputer
- Super Pascal
- super source quench
- Super Video Graphics Array
- Superbrain
- SuperBrain II
- supercombinators
- supercompilation
- supercomputer
- SuperDrive
- SuperJanet
- SUPERMAC
- SuperPaint
- superpipelined
- superprogrammer
- superscalar
- SuperTalk
- superuser
- supervisor mode
- Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition
- SuperZap
- Supplementary Ideographic Plane
- support
- Sure
- surfing
- SURGE
- surjection
- surrogate key
- suspension
- Suzie COBOL
- sv
- SVC
- SVGA
- SVGA monitor
- SVR4
- swab
- SWAG
- swap
- swap file
- swap space
- Sweden
- SweetLambda
- swf
- SWI-Prolog
- Swing
- Swiss Army Code
- switch
- switch statement
- Switched Multimegabit Data Service
- switched virtual connection
- switching
- switching hub
- swizzle
- swung dash
- sy
- Sybase, Inc.
- SYDEL
- SYGMA
- syllogism
- Sylvan
- Symantec
- SYMBAL
- SymbMath
- Symbol Manipulation Program
- SYMBOLANG
- Symbolic Assembler Program
- SYMBOLIC ASSEMBLY
- Symbolic Automatic INTegrator
- symbolic inference
- Symbolic Link
- symbolic logic
- Symbolic Mathematical Laboratory
- symbolic mathematics
- Symbolic Optimal Assembly Program
- Symbolic Optimum DEUCE Assembly Program
- Symbolics, Inc.
- symmetric
- symmetric key cryptography
- Symmetric LISP
- symmetric multiprocessing
- Symphony
- SYMPL
- SYN
- sync
- Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language
- synchronous
- Synchronous Data Link Control
- Synchronous Digital Hierarchy
- Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory
- Synchronous Graphics Random Access Memory
- Synchronous idle
- synchronous key encryption
- Synchronous Optical NETwork
- syncronous
- synflood
- synonym ring
- syntactic salt
- syntactic sugar
- syntax
- syntax directed translation
- syntax tree
- Syntax-Case
- Syntax/Semantic Language
- synthesis
- Synthesizer Specification Language
- SyQuest Technology, Inc.
- sys-frog
- sysape
- Sysdeco Mimer AB
- SYSKEY
- SYSLISP
- Sysplex
- sysprog
- system
- System 7.5
- System Account Manager
- system administration
- system call
- system catalog
- System Control Language
- system management
- System Management Bus
- System Management Mode
- System Management Server
- system mangler
- system operator
- System R
- system software
- system testing
- system unit
- System V
- System V Interface Definition
- System/360
- System/370
- Systems Administrators Guild
- systems analysis
- Systems Analysis Definition
- Systems Application Architecture
- Systems Development Life Cycle
- Systems Network Architecture
- systems programmer
- systolic array
- Système International d'Unités
- sz
