| №
| Term
| Definition
| Usage
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| 1
| Accelerate (v)
| increase in rate, amount, or extent; begin to move more quickly
| ~ (a) process/development/tempo/ changes/reforms/growth;
accelerated (adj), acceleration (n); accelerometer (n);
syn. quicken
ant. decelerate
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| 2
| Ad hoc (adj)
| created or done for a particular purpose as necessary
| an ~ network/test/analysis/ approach/body/committee; resolve sth ~; do sth on an ~ basis;
adhocracy (n)
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| 3
| Agile (adj)
| able to move or think quickly and easily; characterized by flexibility and pragmatism, adjusting development to customer needs and goals
| ~ methods/methodology/project management/software development
agility (n); aglet (agile applet);
syn. adaptive, flexible
ant. waterfall
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| 4
| Amplify (v)
| increase the volume, amplitude of sth like a sound, an electrical signal; make sth more intense
| ~ (a/n) signal/music/effect/process/ discussion; amplifier (n); amplification (n);
syn. enhance, augment;
ant. reduce, weaken
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| 5
| AI (abbr)
Artificial Intelligence
| a branch of computer science that aims to program computers for reasoning, problem solving, learning, planning, manipulating objects
| theoretical(practical) aspects/area of ~; ~ language/research/ technology/program;
specialize in/study/develop ~;
(un)intelligent (adj), (un)intelligently (adv), intelligentsia (n)
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| 6
| Asynchronous (adj)
| not existing or occurring at the same time; (of computing processes) that can start or stop independently of other processes, which maximizes computing resources by utilizing idle times
| ~ communication/media/computing; ~ with sth;
synchronize with (v), asynchrony,
a/synchronously (adv);
ant. synchronous
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| 7
| Beta test
| the second (pre-release) phase of software testing in which a sampling of the intended audience tries the product out and reports bugs back to the developers
| launch/undergo/subject to/stand/pass a ~; be on the ~; beta-testing (n);
Cf. beta version
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| 8
| Best practices
| commercial or professional procedures and standards that are globally accepted or prescribed as being correct or most effective
| ensure/get exposed to/identify/ use/share/promulgate/adopt/gain an insight into/implement/follow/ transfer ~; industry/current ~;
the latest and ~ of the profession;
the ~ of the 1990
Cf. Big Data, Machine Learning, IoT, e-gov, e-commerce
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| 9
| Biometric (adj)
| using biometric traits (fingerprints, eye retina, etc.) to verify users’ claimed identities when accessing devices, networks, networked or Web applications
| ~ authentication/ verification/techniques/method/security device; biometrical (adj): approach/genetics/characteristics; biometrics (n), biometrician (n); bioinformatics (n)
syn. biometry
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| 10
| Breakthrough (n)
| a sudden, dramatic, and important discovery or development
| a major/technological/conceptual/ exciting/important/dramatic ~; achieve/make a ~; a ~ in sth
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| 11
| Bricks and clicks
| business that existed pre-Internet which now also uses the e-commerce selling technology via the Internet
| ~ stores/practices;
syn. physical VS virtual
Cf. bricks and mortar
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| 12
| Channel integration (n)
| the practice of creating consistent messaging and utility across different complementing customer channels such as radio, TV, printed media, Internet, direct mailing, call center operations, making sure that customers have the same experience, regardless of the channel they use
| promote/enhance/contribute to ~;
(dis)integrated (adj);
ant. disintegration
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| 13
| Cloud (n)
| a public or semi-public space for delivering hosted data storage, encapsulation, translation and transportation services over the Internet
| ~ computing/storage/technology; private/public/hybrid ~ computing services
Cf. in-house (storage)
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| 14
| Cluster (n)
| a group of similar things or people positioned or occurring closely together; a group of loosely coupled computers that work together closely
| a ~ of houses/stars /fruit, data ~; cluster (v): ~ around (v), clustered (adj), clustering (n): use/apply application ~, ~ of DB; software ~; clusterize (v), clusterization;
syn. bunch, knot
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| 15
| Cobot (n)
| a robot that has been designed to work in collaboration with a human, as a co-worker would
| create/design/operate a ~;
cobotic (adj): a ~ device
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| 16
| Cutting-edge (adj)
| related to technological devices, techniques or achievements that employ the most current and high-level IT developments
| ~ technology/equipment;
cutting edge (n): the ~ of science/technology, etc.;
become/gain a sharper/lose/form/give sb/lack/represent/be at/stay at the ~;
syn. state-of-the-art, leading edge
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| 17
| Innovate (v)
| make changes in sth established, especially by introducing new methods, ideas, or products
| failure/desire to ~; keep ~ing;
~ competitively; innovation (n): promote/support/introduce ~s; biotech/latest/breakthrough ~s; innovator (n), innovatory (adj)
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| 18
| Knowledge (n)
| facts, information, and skills
acquired through experience
or education; the intellectual
assets of an enterprise, system
| ~ management/economy; ~ base
(n), ~based engineering/economy/ approach; knowledgeable (adj),
knowledgeability (n),acknowledge
(v), acknowledgement (n)
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| 19
| Life hacker (n)
| any trick, shortcut, skill, or novelty method that increases productivity and efficiency, solves an everyday problem in an inspired, ingenious manner
| create/invent/design/be a ~;
life-hacking (adj): a ~ device/ method
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| 20
| Modify (v)
| make partial or minor changes to sth
| ~ a program,/structure/design;
modification (n), modified (adj), modifier (n);
syn. change, adjust, adapt
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| 21
| Multi- (prf)
| related to more than one, many
| ~-purpose/functional/media/
mode/user; multiply (v),
multiple (adj), multiplicity (n), multitasking (n)
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| 22
| Nano (n)
| denoting a factor of 10−9 (one billionth part of sth), sth sub-microscopical
| ~ technology/material/fibre/scale/ particle/tube/second/bot
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| 23
| Neural network
| a computational model based on the structure and functions of biological neural networks
| theoretical (practical) aspects/area of ~; ~ research/technology/ program; specialize in/study/develop ~; artificial ~
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| 24
| Next-generation (adj)
| related to the future, being in store
| ~ operational support system/ solutions/computer
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| 25
| Open source (n)
| the original source code in software engineering which is made freely available to the public and may be redistributed and modified
| ~ software/protocol/project/product/ initiative
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| 26
| Outsourcing (n)
| using external sources to provide service and support operations
| IT/partial/total ~; use/resort to ~;
outsource (v): ~ services/
facilities;
ant. insourcing
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| 27
| 3-D printing (n)
| an additive manufacturing process that builds layers to create a three-dimensional solid object from a digital model
| develop/introduce ~; the cost/ opportunity/introduction of ~;
3-D printer (n)
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| 28
| 4-D printing (n)
| an additive manufacturing that prints objects capable of transformation and, in some cases, of self-assembly
| develop/practice/introduce ~;
the cost/opportunity/introduction of ~; 4-D printer (n)
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| 29
| -proof (adj)
| never-failing, protected from
| water/fool/bullet/sound/
earthquake~;
Cf. water-resistant
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| 30
| Quantum programming (n)
| a would-be programming, in which calculations are based on the behavior of particles at the sub-atomic level, capable of executing far more millions of instructions per second (MIPS) than before because the data units can exist in more than one state at a time
| develop/practice/introduce ~;
the cost/opportunity/introduction of ~;
ant. binary computer programming
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| 31
| Real-time (adj)
| a level of computer responsiveness that a user senses as sufficiently immediate, occurring in actual time
| ~ decisions/technology/system/ solutions/software/signal processing
ant. virtual time
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| 32
| R&D (abbr)
Research and Development
| (related to) researching and developing new products or technologies
| ~ department/organization/ budget allocation
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| 33
| Recognition (n)
| software ability to digitize real-life visual information
| voice/speech/face/gesture/optical character ~;
recognize (v), (ir)recognizable (adj)
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| 34
| Remote (adj)
| distant; in computing: about a device which can only be accessed via a network
| ~ from sth; ~ control/access/ terminal/ location/area/ administration tool/alarm sensor;
remoteness (n), remotely (adv)
syn. distant
ant. nearby, local
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| 35
| Robot (n)
| a machine capable of carrying out a complex series of actions automatically, especially one programmable by a computer
| build/construct/design/create/
control a ~; interactive/industrial ~; ~ control;
robotic (adj): ~ industry/ movement/mechanism/precision/
system; robotics (n): law of ~; ~ technology; robotize (v)
Cf. cobot
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| 36
| Smart (adj)
| having or showing a quick-witted intelligence; any type of equipment, instrument, or machine that is programmed to be capable of some independent action
| look ~; a ~ device/phone/home/ city/Aleck; smartly (adv), smartness (n);
syn. intelligent
ant. dumb
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| 37
| Social media
(n, pl.)
| a catch-all term for a variety of Internet applications that allow users to create content and interact with each other by sharing and commenting on links, photos, videos and posting public updates, etc.
| use/support/develop/invent ~;
medium (n, sing): ~ of exchange/instruction; provide a ~ for sth; mediate (v), intermediate (adj), intermediary (n)
syn. civic media
Cf. SMM (social media marketing)
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| 38
| Tele- (prf)
| far off; to or at a distance
| ~vision/phone/transportation/ kinesis/commuting/communication/ marketing
syn. remote, distant
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| 39
| Tolerant (adj)
| (of a plant, animal, or machine) able to endure specified conditions or treatment
| failure/fault~; ~ of pollution/high temperature; fault~ data protection/technology;
toleration (n), (in)tolerance (n), (in)tolerantly (adv);
ant. intolerant
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| 40
| Viral (adj, n)
| (of an image, video, piece of information, etc.) circulated rapidly and widely from one Internet user to another
| a ~ advertising campaign/marketing; go ~; viral (n): the rise of ~s;
virally (adv)
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8. The receiver is quite fool-___ and generally consists of a few basic components.
1. These teacher-student interactions are asynchronous, ____ each other.
2. The invention of fiber-optic communication was a major breakthrough ___ the field of computing.
3. We should make the world more tolerant ___people with physical and intellectual disabilities 4. While studying in the US one gets exposed ___ the best practices in the computer industry.
5. The 750 series SSDs were ___ the cutting edge of storage technologies
6. Cost-conscious companies resort ___ outsourcing as a way to reduce overhead expenses.
7. 3D printers can create a three-dimensional solid object ___ a digital model
