| image compression | the compression of graphics for storage or transmission |
| data encryption | (computer science) the encryption of data for security purposes |
bitmap
electronic image | an image represented as a two dimensional array of brightness values for pixels |
computer
computing machine
computing device
data processor
electronic computer
information processing system | a machine for performing calculations automatically |
computer system
computing system
automatic data processing system
ADP system
ADPS | a system of one or more computers and associated software with common storage |
| data converter | converter for changing information from one code to another |
data input device
input device | a device that can be used to insert data into a computer or other computational device |
| data multiplexer | a multiplexer that permits two or more data sources to share a common transmission medium |
data system
information system | system consisting of the network of all communication channels used within an organization |
effigy
image simulacrum | a representation of a person (especially in the form of sculpture), the coin bears an effigy of Lincoln, the emperor's tomb had his image carved in stone |
idol
graven image
god | a material effigy that is worshipped, thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, money was his god |
| link data link | an interconnecting circuit between two or more locations for the purpose of transmitting and receiving data |
| naval tactical data system | a shipboard system for collecting and displaying tactical data |
orthicon
image orthicon | a now obsolete picture pickup tube in a television camera, electrons emitted from a photoemissive surface in proportion to the intensity of the incident light are focused onto the target causing secondary emission of electrons |
picture
image
icon
ikon | a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface, they showed us the pictures of their wedding, a movie is a series of images projected so rapidly that the eye integrates them |
scanner digital scanner
image scanner | an electronic device that generates a digital representation of an image for data input to a computer |
| track data track | (computer science) one of the circular magnetic paths on a magnetic disk that serve as a guide for writing and reading data |
| image | the general impression that something (a person or organization or product) presents to the public, although her popular image was contrived it served to inspire music and pageantry, the company tried to project an altruistic image |
persona
image | (Jungian psychology) a personal facade that one presents to the world, a public image is as fragile as Humpty Dumpty |
mirror image
reflection reflexion | a likeness in which left and right are reversed |
| spitting image | a perfect likeness or counterpart |
| data structure | (computer science) the organization of data (and its storage allocations in a computer) |
hierarchical structure
hierarchical data structure | a structure of data having several levels arranged in a treelike structure |
| data conversion | conversion from one way of encoding data to another way |
datum
data point | an item of factual information derived from measurement or research |
image
mental image | an iconic mental representation, her imagination forced images upon her too awful to contemplate |
imagination image
thought-image | a mental image produced by the imagination |
visual percept
visual image | a percept that arises from the eyes, an image in the visual system |
| memory image | a mental image of something previously experienced |
visual image visualization
visualisation | a mental image that is similar to a visual perception |
| auditory image | a mental image that is similar to an auditory perception |
prototype
paradigm
epitome
image | a standard or typical example, he is the prototype of good breeding, he provided America with an image of the good father |
forensic medicine
forensic pathology | the branch of medical science that uses medical knowledge for legal purposes, forensic pathology provided the evidence that convicted the murderer |
storage medium
data-storage medium | a medium for storing information |
digital communication
data communication | electronic transmission of information that has been encoded digitally (as for storage and processing by computers) |
file
data file | a set of related records (either written or electronic) kept together |
input file
input data | (computer science) a computer file that contains data that serve as input to a device or program |
format
formatting
data format
data formatting | the organization of information according to preset specifications (usually for computer processing) |
trope
figure of speech
figure image | language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense |
image
range range of a function | (mathematics) the set of values of the dependent variable for which a function is defined, the image of f(x) x^ is the set of all non-negative real numbers if the domain of the function is the set of all real numbers |
National Climatic Data Center
NCDC | the part of NOAA that maintains the world's largest active archive of weather data |
| data hierarchy | an arrangement of data consisting of sets and subsets such that every subset of a set is of lower rank than the set |
data
information | a collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn, statistical data |
| accounting data | all the data (ledgers and journals and spreadsheets) that support a financial statement, can be hard copy or machine readable |
| raw data | unanalyzed data, data not yet subjected to analysis |
double
image
look-alike | someone who closely resembles a famous person (especially an actor), he could be Gingrich's double, she's the very image of her mother |
| iconoclast image breaker | a destroyer of images used in religious worship |
| virtual image | a reflected optical image (as seen in a plane mirror) |
administrative data processing
business data processing | data processing in accounting or business management |
automatic data processing
ADP | data processing by a computer |