computer science, computing - the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures

coding system - a system of signals used to represent letters or numbers in transmitting messages

address, computer address - (computer science) the code that identifies where a piece of information is stored

American Standard Code for Information Interchange, ASCII - (computer science) a code for information exchange between computers made by different companies; a string of 7 binary digits represents each character; used in most microcomputers

binary code - code using a string of 8 binary digits to represent characters

ECC, error correction code - (telecommunication) a coding system that incorporates extra parity bits in order to detect errors

firmware, microcode - (computer science) coded instructions that are stored permanently in read-only memory

machine code, machine language - a set of instructions coded so that the computer can use it directly without further translation

object code - the machine-language output of a compiler that is ready for execution on a particular computer

operation code, order code - the portion of a set of operation descriptions that specifies the operation to be performed; the set of operations in a computer

software, software package, software system, package - (computer science) written programs or procedures or rules and associated documentation pertaining to the operation of a computer system and that are stored in read/write memory; "the market for software is expected to expand"

program line, instruction, statement, command - (computer science) a line of code written as part of a computer program