| has gloss | (noun) (computer science) data processing in which the result is completely specified by a rule (especially the processing that results from a single instruction); "it can perform millions of operations per second"
operation |
| lexicalization | eng: operation |
| subclass of | (noun) (computer science) a series of operations on data by a computer in order to retrieve or transform or classify information
data processing |
| has subclass | (noun) operations that occur without a regular or predictable time relation to other events
asynchronous operation |
| has subclass | (noun) a operation performed by off-line equipment not under the control of the central processing unit
auxiliary operation, off-line operation |
| has subclass | (noun) an operation that follows the rules of Boolean algebra; each operand and the result take one of two values
binary arithmetic operation, boolean operation, binary operation |
| has subclass | (noun) an elementary operation that a computer is designed and built to perform
machine operation, computer operation |
| has subclass | (noun) two or more operations performed at the same time (or within a give interval)
concurrent operation |
| has subclass | (noun) an operation that controls the recording or processing or transmission of interpretation of data; "a control operation started the data processing"
control operation, control function |
| has subclass | (noun) an operation on exactly two operands
dyadic operation |
| has subclass | (noun) an operation that is completed in a specified number of regularly timed execution cycles
fixed-cycle operation |
| has subclass | (noun) an operation that follows the rules of symbolic logic
logical operation, logic operation |
| has subclass | (noun) an operation with exactly one operand
unary operation, monadic operation |
| has subclass | (noun) an operation in which two or more activities are interleaved
multiplex operation |
| has subclass | (noun) the simultaneous execution of two or more operations
parallel operation, simultaneous operation |
| has subclass | (noun) an operation that controls the printing or display of information
printing operation |
| has subclass | (noun) an operation that determines whether one or more of a set of items has a specified property; "they wrote a program to do a table lookup"
lookup, search |
| has subclass | (noun) the sequential execution of operations one after another
sequential operation, serial operation, consecutive operation |
| has subclass | (noun) an operation that segregates items into groups according to a specified criterion; "the bottleneck in mail delivery is the process of sorting"
sort, sorting |
| has subclass | (noun) operations that are initiated predictably by a clock
synchronous operation |
| has subclass | (noun) an operation performed on operands in order to obtain the value of a threshold function
threshold operation |
| has subclass | (noun) (computer science) the operation of reading or writing stored information
access, memory access |