| program trading | a trading technique involving large blocks of stock with trades triggered by computer programs |
program
programme | a performance (or series of performances) at a public presentation, the program lasted more than two hours |
| image compression | the compression of graphics for storage or transmission |
pilot project
pilot program | activity planned as a test or trial, they funded a pilot project in six states |
| work-study program | an educational plan in which students alternate between paid employment and formal study |
film editing
cutting | the activity of selecting the scenes to be shown and putting them together to create a film |
water development
water project
water program | making an area of water more useful |
bitmap
electronic image | an image represented as a two dimensional array of brightness values for pixels |
central processing unit
CPU
C.P.U.
central processor
processor
mainframe | (computer science) the part of a computer (a microprocessor chip) that does most of the data processing, the CPU and the memory form the central part of a computer to which the peripherals are attached |
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 |
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 |
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 |
software package
software product | merchandise consisting of a computer program that is offered for sale |
| 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 |
algorithm
algorithmic rule
algorithmic program | a precise rule (or set of rules) specifying how to solve some problem |
heuristic
heuristic rule
heuristic program | a commonsense rule (or set of rules) intended to increase the probability of solving some problem |
audit program
audit programme | a listing of audit procedures to be performed in completing an audit |
plan
program
programme | a series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished, they drew up a six-step plan, they discussed plans for a new bond issue |
| program programme | a system of projects or services intended to meet a public need, he proposed an elaborate program of public works, working mothers rely on the day care program |
| Apollo program | a program of space flights undertaken by US to land a man on the Moon, the first lunar landing was achieved by the Apollo program on July , |
| Gemini program | a program of space flights undertaken by US in and , under the Gemini program each crew had two astronauts |
| Mercury program | a program of rocket-powered flights undertaken by US between and with the goal of putting a man in orbit around the earth, under the Mercury program each flight had one astronaut |
defense program
defense policy
defence program
defence policy | a program for defending a country against its enemies |
| educational program | a program for providing education |
| rehabilitation program | a program for restoring someone to good health |
| space program | a technological program intended to explore outer space |
Superfund program
Superfund | the federal government's program to locate and investigate and clean up the worst uncontrolled and abandoned toxic waste sites nationwide, administered by the Environmental Protection Agency, some have intimated that the Superfund's money may have turned into a political slush fund |
| vocational rehabilitation program | a program of rehabilitation through job training with an eye to gainful employment |
tax program
tax policy | a program for setting taxes |
| academic program | (education) a program of education in liberal arts and sciences (usually in preparation for higher education) |
| training program | a program designed for training in specific skills |
| preemployment training program | a training program to prepare you for employment |
| vocational program | a program of vocational education |
| works program | a program to provide jobs on public works paid for by government funds |
pension plan
pension account
retirement plan
retirement savings plan
retirement savings account
retirement account
retirement program | a plan for setting aside money to be spent after retirement |
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 |
information science
informatics
information processing
IP | the sciences concerned with gathering, manipulating, storing, retrieving, and classifying recorded information |