A |
| ASL
| - algorithm: al-go-rithm
- A step-by-step procedure for solving a problem especially when using a computer
FIGURE-OUT+PROCESS - brush the back of the right V hand across the palm side of the left V hand, both palms facing up, as the hands cross with a double movement in front of the chest+beginning with both open hands in front of the body, palms facing in and fingers pointing toward each other, move the hands forward a short distance simultaneously.
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| ASL
| - analog: an-a-log
- A device, which represents data by continuous variations. Example, a clock with minute and hour hands is constantly changing as it continuously shows that time. A digital clock shows separate times from moment to moment.
Indexed finger moves up and down in waves from left to right.
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| ASL
| - analytical: an-a-lyt-i-cal
- Reasoning or investigating by dividing into elemental or basic parts.
ANALYZE - With both bent V hands near each other in front of the chest, palms facing down, move the fingers apart from each other with a downward double movement.
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| ASL
| - applet: ap-plet
- A small computer program for performing a simple task.
SMALL+PROGRAM - Beginning with both open hands in front of each side of the chest, palms facing each other and fingers pointing forward, bring the palms close to each other in front of the chest+[Initialized sign] Move the middle finger of the right P hand, palm facing left, from the base to the fingertips of the palm of the left open hand, palm facing right and fingers pointing up, and then down the back of the left hand.
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| ASL
| - approximation: ap-prox-i-ma-tion
- A quantity that is close in value but not the same as a desired quantity.
APPROXIMATE - Move the right 5 hand, palm facing forward, in a circle in front of the right shoulder with a double movement.
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| ASL
| - architecture: ar-chi-tec-ture
- The way the components of a computer or computer system are organized
ARCHITECTURE - [Initialized sign similar to sign for house] Beginning with the thumbs of both a hands touching in front of the face, palms facing forward, move the hands apart and down a short distance at an angle, and then straight down to in front of each side of the chest.
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| ASL
| - array: ar-ray
- A rectangular arrangement of quantities in rows and
columns used to analyze data.
BETWEEN - [Indicates space between two things] Brush the little-finger side of the right open hand, palm facing left, back and forth with a short repeated movement on the index-finger side of the left open hand, palm angled right.
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| ASL
| - assumption: as-sump-tion
- Establishing or agreeing to something as if it were true
GUESS+ESTABLISH - [Hand seems to snatch at an ideas as it passes the face] Move the right C hand, palm facing left, from near the right side of the forehead in a quick downward arc in front of the face while closing into an S hand, ending with the palm facing down in front of the left shoulder+ [Represents setting something up firmly] Beginning with the right 10 hand in front of the right shoulder, palm facing down, twist the wrist upward with a circular movement and then move the right hand straight down to land the little-finger side on the back of the left open hand, palm facing down.
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B |
| ASL
| - bandwidth: band-width
- The amount of data that can be passed through a communication channel in a period of time
CORRESPOND+ENGINEER - [Represents the sending and receiving of letters] Beginning with modified X hands, palms facing each other and the right hand closer to the chest than the left, flick the index fingers toward each other with a repeated movement simultaneously+[Similar to sign for measure] With the thumbs of both Y hands, touching in front of the chest, right palm facing forward and left palm facing in, twist the hands in opposite directions with a double movement.
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| ASL
| - binary: bi-na-ry
- A numbering system using 2 as its base
Beginning with the left open hand held in front of the chest, palm facing down, move the right V hand, twist from palm out to palm facing in and rest on the back of the left hand.
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| ASL
| - boolean: bool-e-an
- A logical system that relates elements through the operators AND, OR, and NOT
B+CONSIDER - Right B hand facing outward from in front of the chest+[Represents thoughts going around on onešs head] Move the extended right index finger, palm facing in, in a small circle near the right side of the forehead with a repeated movement.
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| ASL
| - boundary condition
- The conditions that are set for the solution of a set of differential equations at the boundary of its domain.
Beginning with the right B hand a few inches under the left open hand, both palms facing down, bring the back of the right hand up against the left palm, then bring the right hand back down. Repeat up and down movement with the right hand.
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| ASL
| - browser: brow-ser
- A computer program used to access and display information and web sites on the Internet.
Move the fingertips of the right V hand palm facing down, in a circular motion toward the left open palm facing inward.
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C |
| ASL
| - c++:
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A computer language used to produce a compact translation of a program into machine language.
C+PLUS+PLUS - Start with the right C hand, then place the side of the extended right index finger, palm facing down and finger pointing left, against the extended left index finger, palm facing right and finger pointing up in front of the chest.
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| ASL
| - cache:
- A portion of computer memory where data is placed for quick repeated use
SAVE - Tap the fingers of the right V hand, palm facing up, with a single movement on the little-finger side of the left S hand held in front of the chest, palm facing in.
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| ASL
| - calculator: cal-cu-la-tor
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An electronic or mechanical device for performing mathematical calculations
CALCULATOR - [Mime using a calculator] Tap middle finger of the right hand while moving up and down the upturned left open hand held in front of the body.
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| ASL
| - call:
- To temporarily transfer computer processing to a subroutine or procedure
CALL - [Tap on the hand to get one's attention] Slap the fingers of the right open hand, on the back of the left open hand, palm facing down, dragging the right fingers upward and closing them into an A hand in front of the right shoulder.
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| ASL
| - central processing unit:
- The part of a computer that interprets and executes instructions
Fingerspell C-P-U.
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| ASL
| - character: char-ac-ter
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One of a set of symbols, such as numbers, or letters, that are used to express information
Move the right C hand, palm facing left, in small circle against the left index finger, palm facing right.
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| ASL
| - chip:
- A small wafer of semiconductor material used to form an integrated circuit
Move the fingertips of the right bent 3 hand against upturned left open hand facing right.
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| ASL
| - clock:
- A synchronizing device in a computer that produces pulses at regular intervals
TIME - Tap the bent index finger of the right X hand, palm facing down, with a double movement on the wrist of the left open hand held in front of the chest, palm facing down.
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| ASL
| - code:
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the set of written instructions in a computer program
Beginning with the fingertips of both F hands, move the right F hand to the right away from the left F hand repeatedly.
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| ASL
| - command: com-mand
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A signal that initiates an operation defined by an instruction
ORDER - Move the extended right index finger, palm facing left and finger pointing up, from in front of the mouth straight forward while turning the palm down, ending with the finger pointing forward.
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| ASL
| - comment: com-ment
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Text in a computer program that is used to explain the instructions but doesn't function in the program itself
MESSAGE - With the bent thumbs and index fingers of both 5 hands, near each other in front of the chest, pull the hands apart while pinching the thumbs and index fingers of each hand together.
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| ASL
| - compile: com-pile
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To translate a program into machine language
Begin by leaning to the left, with the palms of both bent 1 hands together in front of the chest, right hand over the left hand, twist the wrists to exchange positions and moving from the left to the right simultaneously.
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| ASL
| - compiler: com-pil-er
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A program that translates a high-level language program into machine language so that it can be executed
Move the right C hand from the right to the top of the back of left closed 5 hand, palm down.
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| ASL
| - computational science:
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Science (biology, chemistry, physics...) that uses computers to visualize, analyze and/or model data or scientific processes.
FIGURE-OUT+SCIENCE - brush the back of the right V hand across the palm side of the left V hand, both palms facing up, as the hands cross with a double movement in front of the chest + beginning with the right 10 hand in front of the right shoulder and the left 10 hand in front of the left side of the chest, both palms facing forward, move the hands in large alternating circles toward each other.
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| ASL
| - condition: con-di-tion
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Existing circumstances
Beginning with the right C hand, palm facing left, behind the extended left index finger, palm facing right, move the right hand to in front of the left finger.
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| ASL
| - conditioning: con-di-tion-ing
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CONDITION+MATCH - Beginning with the right C hand, palm facing left, behind the extended left index finger, palm facing right, move the right hand to the front of the left finger + beginning with both 5 hands in front of each side of the chest, palms facing in, bring the hands together, ending with the bent fingers of both hands meshed together in front of the chest.
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| ASL
| - consistent system:
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STANDARD+SYSTEM - Beginning with both Y hands in front of the body, palms facing down, move the hands in a large flat circle +[Initialized sign] Beginning with the index-finger sides of both S hands touching in front of the chest, palms angled down, move the hands apart to in front of each shoulder, then downward toward each other, and then outward, ending with the hands in front of the sides of the body.
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| ASL
| - consistent: con-si-stent
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STANDARD - Beginning with both Y hands in front of the body, palms facing down, move the hands in a large flat circle.
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D |
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| ASL
| - data set:
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a collection of related data records
INFORM+CLASS - Beginning with the fingertips of the right flattened O hand near the forehead and the left flattened O hand in front of the chest, move both hands forward while opening into 5 hands, palms facing up + (to the left) beginning with both C hands in front of the chest, palms facing each other, bring the hands away from each other in outward arcs while turning the palms in, ending with the little fingers near each other.
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| ASL
| - dependent system:
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DEPEND+SYSTEM - With the extended right index finger across the extended left index finger, palms facing down, move both fingers down slightly + beginning with the index-finger sides of both S hands touching in front of the chest, palms angled down, move the hands apart to in front of each shoulder, then downward toward each other, and then outward, ending with the hands in front of the sides of the body.
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| ASL
| - deterministic: de-ter-min-is-tic
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a system in which the output can be predicted exactly and the next step depends only on the current state
Hit the fingertips of the right bent hand into the upward left open hand facing right. Repeat movement as hands move from left to right.
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| ASL
| - difference equation:
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an equation that specifies the relationship between consecutive elements of a sequence in terms of their difference.
Begin by leaning to the left, with the palms of both bent 1 hands together in front of the chest, right hand over the left hand, twist the wrists to exchange positions and moving from the left to the right simultaneously + tap the fingertips of both bent hands, palms facing down, together in front of the chest with a double movement + beginning with the thumbs and index fingers of both F hands touching in front of the chest, palm facing each other, pull the right hand away from the left hand.
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| ASL
| - differential equation:
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An equation that expresses a relationship between functions and their derivatives
Fingerspell D-X and lower your hand to fingerspell D-Y + tap the fingertips of both bent hands, palms facing down, together in front of the chest with a double movement + beginning with the thumbs and index fingers of both F hands touching in front of the chest, palm facing each other, pull the right hand away from the left hand.
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| ASL
| - digital: di-git-al
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Information expressed as numbers or by discrete units.
NUMBER+PRECISE - Beginning with fingertips of both flattened O hands touching, left palm angled forward and right palm facing in, bring the hands apart while twisting the wrists in opposite directions and touch the fingertips again, ending with the left palm facing in and the right palm angled forward + beginning with the right modified X hand over the left modified X hand, move the right hand in a small circle and then forward to touch the hands together in front of the chest.
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| ASL
| - dimentions: di-men-sions
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The least number of independent coordinates required to uniquely specify a point
Beginning with the right D hand, palm facing outward, twist palm in to 1 hand. Then repeat the movement for the D hand to 2 hand and again for the D hand to 3 hand.
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| ASL
| - distributed computing:
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a type of computing in which different aspects of the process are located on different computers, which are connected to a network
SPREAD+COMPUTER - Beginning with the fingertips of both flattened O hands touching in front of the chest, palms facing down, move the hands forward and away from each other while opening into 5 hands in front of each side of the body, palms facing down + [Initialized sign] move the thumb side of the right C hand, palm facing left, from touching the lower part of the extended left arm upward to touch the upper arm.
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| ASL
| - documentation: doc-u-men-ta-tion
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a description of the structure, purpose, operation, maintenance, and data required for a computer program.
PUT-DOWN - Touch the fingertips of the right flattened O hand, palm facing down, to the palm of the left open hand, palm facing up. Then slam the palm of the right open hand against the left palm.
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| ASL
| - domain: do-main
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A group of networked computers that share a common communications address
ESTABLISH+ADDRESS - beginning with the right 10 hand in front of the right shoulder, palm facing down, twist the wrist upward with a circular movement and then move the right hand straight down to land the little-finger side on the back of the left open hand, palm facing down + move both A hands, palms facing in, upward on each side of the chest with repeated movements.
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| ASL
| - dynamic: dy-nam-ic
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An interactive system or process characterized by continuous change.
CHANGE - Beginning with the palms of both X hands together, twist the hands in opposite directions to reverse positions with repeated movements.
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E |
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| ASL
| - eigenfunction:
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Eigenfunctions play an important role in quantum mechanics.
Sign E in a neutral space and them move the fingertips of the right F hand, palm facing forward, back and forth across the length of the left open hand, palm facing down, with a double movement.
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| ASL
| - eigenvalue:
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A special set of scalars associated with matrix equations, sometimes known as characteristic roots, proper values, or latent roots
Sign E in a neutral space and then beginning with both V hands in front of the body, palms outward and moving up in a circular motion.
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| ASL
| - equilibrium: equi-lib-ri-um
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a state of balance between opposing forces or actions
EQUAL+BALANCE - tap the fingertips of both bent hands, palms facing down, together in front of the chest with a double movement and then with an alternating movement bring the right open hand and the left open hand, both palms facing down, up and down in front of each side of the chest, shifting the entire torso slightly with each movement.
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| ASL
| - ethernet: e-ther-net
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A local-area network protocol
Sign E in a neutral space and then the bent middle finger of the right 5 hand touches the bent middle finger of the left 5 hand. Both hands twist as they move from left to right.
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| ASL
| - executable code:
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a computer program or code that will run successfully
RUNNING+C-O-D-E - Brush the palm of the right open hand upward with a double movement across the left open hand, palms facing each other and fingers pointing forward and then fingerspell the word, code.
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F |
| ASL
| - factors: fac-tors
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variables that effect or change the outcome of the computation
INFLUENCE+FIGURE-OUT+VARY - Beginning with the fingertips of the right flattened O hand on the back of the left open hand, facing down, move the right hand forward while opening into a 5 hand and bringing the hand in a sweeping arc to in front of the right side of the body+brush the back of the right V hand across the palm side of the left V hand, both palms facing up, as the hands cross in front of the chests+beginning with both extended index fingers pointing forward in front of the chest, palms facing down, move the right hand up and the left hand down with an alternating repeated movement as the hands move outward.
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| ASL
| - flops:
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floating-point operations per second
Fingerspell the abbreviation, F-L-O-P-S.
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| ASL
| - function: func-tion
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a: a mathematical correspondence that assigns exactly one element of one set to each element of the same or another set b: a computer subroutine that performs a calculation with variables provided by a program and returns a single result to the program
Move the fingertips of the right F hand, palm facing forward, back and forth across the length of the left open hand, palm facing down, with a double movement.
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| ASL
| - functional: func-tion-al
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a computer program which incorporates a set of functions which return values
FUNCTION+INCLUDE+FUNCTION - Move the fingertips of the right F hand, palm facing forward, back and forth across the length of the left open hand, palm facing down, with a double movement+swing the right 5 hand, palm facing down, in a circular movement over the left s hand, palm facing in, while changing into a flattened O hand, ending with the fingertips of the right hand inserted in the center of the thumb side of the left hand+repeat the sign for FUNCTION.
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G |
| ASL
| - giga flops: gig-a flops
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one thousand million floating point operations per second (109)
Sign G in neutral space and then fingerspell the word, f-l-o-p-s.
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| ASL
| - graph:
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a diagram that illustrates the quantitative relationship between two or more variables
Beginning with the left open hand held in front of the left shoulder, palm facing right and fingers pointing forward, bring the fingers of the 4 hand, palm facing left, down the heel of the left hand, and then drag the back of the right fingers across the length of the left palm from the heel to the fingertips.
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| ASL
| - graphical user interface:
- The use of pictures not just words to represent the input and output of a program
Fingerspell G-U-I.
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H |
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| ASL
| - hardware: hard-ware
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The physical touchable parts of a computer system
Fingerspell H-W then sign MACHINE: With the fingers of both curved 5 hands loosely meshed together, palms facing in, move the hands up and down in front of the chest with a repeated movement.
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| ASL
| - hash:
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A unique value generate from a string of text using a formula
Fingerspell H-A-S-H
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| ASL
| - hypertext: hy-per-text
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A collection of documents that contain cross-references or links which enables the user to move easily from one document to another
Using the middle finger of the right open 8 hand, palm facing outward, move forward quickly as if clicking a button + with both X hands palms facing and touching each other, open to bent L hands as they move up and away from each other as if a picture is popping up.
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I |
| ASL
| - inconsistent system:
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Start with the fingers of both curved 5 hands loosely meshed together then pull the right hand up and away from the left + SYSTEM: beginning with the index-finger sides of both S hands touching in front of the chest, palms angled down, move the hands apart in front of each shoulder, then downward toward each other, and then outward, ending with the hands in front of the sides of the body.
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| ASL
| - independent system:
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INDEPENDENT + SYSTEM - beginning with the wrists of both I hands crossed in front of the chest, palms facing in, swing the arms apart, ending with the I hands in front of each shoulder, palms facing forward + beginning with the index-finger sides of both S hands touching in front of the chest, palms angled down, move the hands apart in front of each shoulder, then downward toward each other, and then outward, ending with the hands in front of the sides of the body.
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| ASL
| - initial conditions:
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the conditions that exist at the beginning of the simulation
START+CONDITION - Beginning with the extended right index finger, palm facing down, inserted between the index and middle fingers of the left open hand, palm facing right and fingers pointing forward, twist the right hand back, ending with the palm facing in + beginning with the right C hand, palm facing left, behind the extended left index finger, palm facing right, move the right hand to in front of the left finger.
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| ASL
| - input: in-put
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data or information that is entered into a computer system
Insert the fingertips of the right flattened O hand into the center of the thumb side of the left O hand.
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| ASL
| - integral: in-te-gral
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Move the extended right index finger from touching below the right eye downward while changing into the I hand then tap the thumb side of the right I hand, palm facing left, with a double movement against the left open palm held in front of the chest, palm facing forward and fingers pointing up.
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| ASL
| - interactive: in-ter-ac-tive
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a program that actively responds to the user
With both open 5 hands, palms facing in, move back and forth in alternating motion in front of the body.
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| ASL
| - internet: in-ter-net
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an electronic communications network that connects computers around the world
The bent middle finger of the right 5 hand touches the bent middle finger of the left 5 hand. Both hands twist as they move from left to right.
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| ASL
| - interpolation: in-ter-po-la-tion
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to estimate values between two known values
Beginning with both 5 hands in front of each shoulder, palms facing each other, bring the hands forward toward each other and ending with the A hands together+move the right V hand forward under the palm of the downturned left open hand.
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| ASL
| - intractable: in-trac-ta-ble
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unsolveable
CAN'T+DISSOLVE - bring the extended right index finger downward in front of the chest, striking the extended left index finger as it moves, both palms facing down+beginning with both flattened O hands in front of each side of the body, palms facing up, move the thumb of each hand smoothly across each fingertip, starting with the little fingers and ending as 10 hands while moving the hands outward to each side.
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| ASL
| - iteration: it-er-a-tion
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the repetition of a sequence of instructions
YEAR-ROUND - beginning with both extended index fingers pointing toward each other in front of the chest, right hand slightly higher than the left hand and both palms facing down, move the right index finger in a complete circle around the left index finger.
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J |
| ASL
| - java: ja-va
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a programming language that produces applets for use on the internet
Fingerspell J-A-V-A
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K |
L |
| ASL
| - language: lan-guage
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the words phrases and syntax used to communicate instructions to computers
[Initialized sign] Beginning with the thumbs of both near each other in front of the chest, palms angled down, bring the hands outward with a wavy movement to in front of each side of the chest.
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| ASL
| - least squares:
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a method of fitting a curve to a set of data points
RESTRICT+SECOND - beginning with both bent hands in front of the chest, right hand above the left hand and both palms facing down, move both hands forward simultaneously+[two+a twisting movement to indicate ordinals] beginning with the right 2 hand in front of the right shoulder, palm facing forward and fingers pointing up, twist the wrist, ending with the palm facing in.
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| ASL
| - linear algebra:
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a branch of mathematics that includes linear equations, matrices, determinants, vector spaces, and linear transformations
LINE+ALGEBRA - [shows shape of a line] beginning with the extended little fingers of both I hands touching in front of the chest, palms facing in, move both hands outward+[initialized sign similar to sign for mathematics] with a repeated movement, brush the palm side of the right A hand as it moves left in front of the chest, palm facing outward, against the palm side of the left A hand, palm facing outward, as it moves right.
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| ASL
| - linear: lin-e-ar
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having a graph that is a line
[Shows shape of a line] beginning with the extended little fingers of both I hands touching in front of the chest, palms facing in, move both hands outward
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| ASL
| - linux: li-nux
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a freely-distributable, open source, operating system
Fingerspell L-I-N-U-X
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M |
| ASL
| - massively parallel:
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parallel computer systems can send and receive more than one bit of data at a time because several points communicate with each other. Massively parallel systems have a relatively large number of these pathways.
HORDE + PARALLEL - Move both curved hands, palms facing down, from in front of each side of the body forward with a simultaneous movement + beginning with the index fingers of both hands in front of each side of the chest, palms facing down and index fingers pointing forward, move the hands forward simultaneously.
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| ASL
| - matrix: ma-trix
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A group of numbers or other symbols arranged in a rectangle which can be used together as a single unit to solve particular mathematical problems
Beginning with both 4 hands in front of the chest, fingers pointing in opposite directions and overlapping, both palms facing in, move the right hand away from the left hand then flip to palm out, fingers up, move hand down.
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| ASL
| - model: mod-el
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A computer algorithm that simulates a process or phenomenon
With the right index fingertip touching the palm of the left hand facing right, move both hands forward a short distance with a repeating movement.
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| ASL
| - Monte Carlo:
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Using a random sampling technique in a computer simulation to obtain approximate solutions to mathematical or physical problems
VARY + METHOD - Beginning with both extended index fingers pointing forward in front of the chest, palms facing down, move the right hand up and the left hand down with an alternating repeated movement as the hands move outward + move both M hands from in front of each side of the body, palms facing in and fingers angled up, downward and forward simultaneously while twisting the palms down.
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N |
| ASL
| - network: net-work
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A system of computers, terminals, and databases connected by communications lines
The bent middle finger of the right 5 hand touches the bent middle finger of the left 5 hand. Rotate both hands as they move from left to right.
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| ASL
| - nonlinear: non-lin-e-ar
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Not in a line
[Shows shape of a line] beginning with the extended little fingers of both I hands touching in front of the chest, palms facing in, move both hands outward + negative head movement.
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| ASL
| - numeric: nu-mer-ic
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Denoting a number or system of numbers
Beginning with the fingertips of both flattened O hands touching, left palm angled forward and right palm facing in, bring the hands apart while twisting the writs in opposite directions and touch the fingertips again, ending with the left palm facing in and the right palm angled forward.
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| ASL
| - numerical methods:
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NUMBER + METHOD - Beginning with the fingertips of both flattened O hands touching, left palm angled forward and right palm facing in, bring the hands apart while twisting the writs in opposite directions and touch the fingertips again, ending with the left palm facing in and the right palm angled forward + move both M hands from in front of each side of the body, palms facing in and fingers angled up, downward and forward simultaneously while twisting the palms down.
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O |
| ASL
| - ordinary differential equations:
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Fingerspell the abbreviation O-D-E
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| ASL
| - operational system:
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Fingerspell OS and brush the palm of the right open hand upward with a double movement across the left open hand, palms facing each other and fingers pointing forward. Then beginning with the index-finger sides of both S hands touching in front of the chest, palms angled down, move the hands apart in front of each shoulder, then downward toward each other, and then outward, ending with the hands in front of the sides of the body.
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| ASL
| - optimization: op-ti-mi-za-tion
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to make a computer program function in its most effective or fastest form
SMOOTH - beginning with both S hands in front of each side of the chest, palms facing up, flick the thumbs off the middle fingers while bringing the hands quickly forward and down.
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| ASL
| - oscillational: os-cil-la-tion-al
an even, rhythmic change in vale, position, or state around a mean value
As a reference point, use the index of the left hand pointing right in front of the body, move the right index finger up and down in waves from left to right.
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| ASL
| - output: out-put
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data transferred from a computer system to the outside world via some kind of device.
Beginning with the right 5 hand, palm facing outward, insertd in the thumb-side opening of the left O hand, bring the right hand outward.
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P |
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| ASL
| - parallel processing:
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The use of two or more computer processors to run parts of the same program and merge the results
PARALLEL+DISSOLVE beginning with the index fingers of both hands in front of each side of the chest, palms facing down and index fingers pointing forward, move the hands forward simultaneously+beginning with both flattened O hands in front of each side of the body, palms facing up, move the thumb of each hand smoothly across each fingertip, starting with the little fingers and ending as 10 hands while moving the hands outward to each side.
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Values within a model that can be changed in different runs
With the right index finger, point to each fingertip of the left 4 hand, starting with the index finger and downward.
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| - partial differentional equations:
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a differential equation that involves partial derivatives of more than one variable
Fingerspell the abbreviation, P-D-E
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a high-level open source programming language
Fingerspell the word, P-E-R-L.
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to translate or modify software to run on a different platform
CHANGE - beginning with the palms of both modified X hands together, twist the hands in opposite directions to reverse positions.
Or, fingerspell P-O-R-T
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a set of conventions governing the treatment and formatting of data
With the extended right index finger, palm facing in, touching the palm of the left open hand bring both hands back toward the chest.
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a list of data records that are added at one end and
removed from the other
Beginning with the little finger of the right 4 hand, palm facing left, touching the index finger of the right 4 hand, palm facing right, move the right hand back toward the chest and the left hand forward.
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unpredictable, a set in which all the numbers have the same probability of occurrence
Beginning with both extended index fingers pointing forward in front of the chest, palms facing down, move the right hand up and the left hand down with an alternating repeated movement as the hands move outward.
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the repeated application of a function to its own values
CALL+ITSELF - Slap the fingers of the right open hand on the back of the left open hand, palm facing down, dragging the right fingers upward and closing them into an A hand in front of the right shoulder + bring the knuckles of the right 10 hand, palm facing left, firmly against the side of the extended left index finger, palm facing right and finger pointing up in front of the chest.
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the conversion of data into a graphical image for display
CHANGE+PICTURE - Beginning with the palms of both modified X hands together, twist the hands in opposite directions to reverse positions, and then back again to original position + move the right C hand, palm facing forward, from near the right side of the face downward, ending with the index-finger side of the right C hand against the palm of the left open hand, palm facing right.
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| - robust: ro-bust
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able to recover from unexpected conditions during operation
Beginning with the fingertips of both curved 5 hands touching in front of the chest, palms facing each other, allow the fingers to loosely drop, then pull back up.
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The error associated with the approximation of machine numbers when stored in computer memory
AREA+MISTAKE - Move the right 5 hand, palm facing down and fingers pointing forward, in a flat forward arc in front of the right side of the body + tap the middle fingers of the right Y hand, palm facing in, against the chin with a double movement.
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| - router: rout-er
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a device that forwards packets of data between networks
Beginning with the fingers of the right R hand, palm facing in, on the back of the left open hand, palm facing down, twist the right hand forward, ending with the right palm facing down.
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the time needed to run a program
RUN+TIME - Brush the palm of the right open hand upward with a double movement across the left open hand, palms facing each other and fingers pointing forward + tap the bent index finger of the right X hand, palm facing down, with a double movement on the wrist of the left open hand held in front of the chest, palm facing down.
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a computer, component, or network that can be expanded to meet future needs
CAN+EXPAND+++ - Move both A hands, palms facing down, downward simultaneously + move both bent L hands, palms facing each other outward further and further apart as if expanding.
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Processing one element at a time
ESTABLISH +DISSOLVE - beginning with the right 10 hand in front of the right shoulder, palm facing down, twist the wrist upward with a circular movement and then move the right hand straight down to land the little-finger side on the back of the left open hand, palm facing down + beginning with both flattened O hands in front of each side of the body, palms facing up, move the thumb of each hand smoothly across each fingertip, starting with the little fingers and ending as 10 hands while moving the hands outward to each side. Sign ESTABLISH + DISSOLVE first on the left side of the body then repeat signs on the right side of the body.
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| - scientific visualization:
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the representation of data graphically as a means of gaining understanding and insight into the data.
Beginning with the fingertips of both flattened O hands touching, left palm angled right and right palm facing left, twist the wrists in opposite directions with a downward motion in front of the left side of the body + then shift to the right in front of the body with both S hands palms facing in opposite directions and the right hand closer to the body than the left hand, bring the hands apart while opening into curved hands in front of the body.
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a computer in a network that provides a service to other computers in the network
SERVE - Beginning with both open hands in front of each side of the body, palms facing up and right hand closer to the body than the left, move the hands forward and back with an alternating movement.
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A technique to find a good solution to an optimization problem by trying random variations of the current solution.
Beginning with both flattened O hands in front of each side of the chest, palms facing forward, move them in alternating circles with a repeated movement + with the fingers of both curved 5 hands loosely meshed together, palms facing in, move the hands down while rotating palms with fingers interlacing like gears + beginning with both 8 hands in front of each side of the chest, palms facing up, flick the thumbs off the middle fingers while bringing the hands quickly forward.
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| - simulation: sim-u-la-tion
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the construction of a mathematical model to reproduce the characteristics of a phenomenon, system, or process
COPY+SAME-AS - move the right curved hand in front of the chest, palm facing forward, down to touch the palm of the left open hand while closing the right fingers and thumb into a flattened O hand + move both Y hands, palms facing each other back and forth in front of the body.
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| - software: soft-ware
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the program executed by a computer, as opposed to the physical device on which they run
Fingerspell: S-W
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computer code written in a programming language that can be converted into machine code to be executed by the computer
START+C-0-D-E - Beginning with the extended right index finger, palm facing down, inserted between the index and middle fingers of the left open hand, palm facing right and fingers pointing forward, twist the right hand back, ending with the palm facing in + then fingerspell C-O-D-E.
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a matrix that has a relatively small number of nonzero elements
Beginning with both 4 hands in front of the chest, fingers pointing in opposite directions and overlapping, both palms facing in, move the right hand away from the left hand then flip into O hand, palm facing left and move hand down.
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| - speedup: speed-up
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Beginning with both extended index fingers pointing forward with left hand away from left side of the chest and right hand close to right side of the chest, palms facing in opposite directions and bend the fingers in repeating movements.
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| - spreadsheet: spread-sheet
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a computer program that displays data in cells which can perform calculations
SCHEDULE - beginning with the left open hand held in front of the chest, palm facing right and fingers pointing forward, bring the fingers of the right 4 hand, palm facing left, down the heel of the left hand, and then drag the back of the right fingers across the length of the left palm from the heel to the fingertips.
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elements of the Internet or computer programming that are fixed and not capable of action or change
CONTINUE - beginning with the thumb of the right 10 hand on the thumbnail of the left 10 hand, palms facing down in front of the chest, move the hands downward and forward.
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Beginning with the left index pointing right with the palm facing in and the right index touching the left index finger with the palm facing out. Then hold the left index finger in its place and move the right index finger up and down away from the left index finger up and down in repeating movements. When moving the right index finger up and down, start with the big movements few times and then reducing the movements approaching a line.
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The length of the independent variable between iterations of the model
MEASURE+PROCESS - Tap the thumbs of both Y hands, palms facing down, together in front of the chest with a double movement + beginning with both open hands in front of the body, palms facing in, left fingers pointing right and right fingers pointing left, and the right hand closer to the chest than the left hand, move the right over the left hand and then the left over the right hand in alternating movement. -
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Equations in which things change on two vastly different scales.
Fingerspell: S-T-I-F-F + beginning with the thumbs and index fingers of both F hands touching in front of the chest, palm facing each other, pull the right hand away from the left hand.
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a process or system that is connected with random probability
VARY - beginning with both extended index fingers pointing forward in front of the chest, palms facing down, move the right hand up and the left hand down with an alternating repeated movement as the hands move away from each other.
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a series of characters that is treated as a group and isn't associated with the meaning of a name or numerical value
Beginning with the thumbs and index fingers of both F hands touching in front of the chest, palms facing each other, hold the left hand in place and pull the right hand away.
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one of the fastest computers currently available
COMPUTER + ZOOM - Move the thumb side of the right C hand, palm facing left, from touching the lower part of the extended left arm upward to touch the upper arm. Repeat this movement + beginning with the thumb of the right G hand, palm facing forward, at the base of the extended left index finger held in front of the chest, palm facing down and finger pointing right, move the right thumb across the length the of the left index finger, closing the right index finger and thumb together as the hand moves up.
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| - system of equations:
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Two or more equations with common variables.
Beginning with the thumbs and index fingers of both F hands touching in front of the chest, palm facing each other, pull the right hand away from the left hand. Repeat with downward movements + with the index-finger sides of both S hands touching in front of the chest, palms angled down, move the hands apart in front of each shoulder, then downward toward each other, and then outward, ending with the hands in front of the sides of the body.
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| ASL
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TIME + SIZE - Tap the bent index finger of the right X hand, palm facing down, with a double movement on the wrist of the left open hand held in front of the chest, palm facing down + beginning with the thumbs of both Y hands touching in front of the chest, palms facing down, bring the hands apart to in front of each side of the chest in repeating movements.
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| ASL
| - unix:
- a popular multi-user source- portable operating system
Fingerspell: U-N-I-X
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| ASL
| - validation: val-i-da-tion
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Did you solve the right problem
CORRECT + EXAMPLE - With the index fingers of both hands extended forward at right angles, palms angled in and right hand above left, bring the little-finger side of the right hand sharply down across the thumb side of the left hand + with the right index fingertip touching the palm of the left hand facing right, move both hands forward a short distance with a repeating movement.
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| - variable: var-i-able
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likely to change frequently
VARY - beginning with both extended index fingers pointing forward in front of the chest, palms facing down, move the right hand up and the left hand down with an alternating repeated movement as the hands move away from each other.
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A fast computer method which sets up a series of instructions in vector registers and then processes the vectors as a group.
ESTABLISH + DISSOLVE - beginning with the right 10 hand in front of the right shoulder, palm facing down, twist the wrist upward with a circular movement and then move the right hand straight down to land the little-finger side on the back of the left open hand, palm facing down. Repeat three times while moving from left to right + beginning with both flattened O hands in front of each side of the body, palms facing up, move the thumb of each hand smoothly across each fingertip, starting with the little fingers and ending as 10 hands while moving the hands outward to each side.
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to prove that something is true, that you did the problem the right way
PROOF - Move the fingertips of the right open hand, palm facing in, away from the chest, ending with the back of the right hand on the palm of the left open hand, both facing up. Repeat with double movements.
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| - virtual:
Simulated, the same in principal or effect but real.
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VISION + FALSE - Beginning with the right index touching the forehead, move away and change to S hand then with both S hands in front of the face, palms facing in opposite directions and the right hand closer to the face than the left hand, bring the hands apart while opening into curved hands in front of each side of the face + brush the extended right index finger, palm facing left, across the tip of the nose from right to left by bending the wrist.
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| ASL
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The location and equipment a person uses to access a computer either a PC, or a terminal for accessing a mainframe or super computer.
COMPUTER + ABOVE - Move the thumb side of the right C hand, palm facing left, from touching the lower part of the extended left arm upward to touch the upper arm. Repeat this movement + beginning with the right open hand on the back of the left open hand, both palms facing down, bring the right hand upward in an arc, ending several inches above the left hand.
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