S: (n) operation ((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"
S: (n) floating-point operation, flop (an arithmetic operation performed on floating-point numbers) "this computer can perform a million flops per second"
S: (n) retrieval ((computer science) the operation of accessing information from the computer's memory)
S: (n) stovepiping (retrieval of information from unconnected databases; the situation that exists when it is necessary to climb out of one database in order to climb down into another; sometimes used for protection against wandering hackers)
S: (n) storage ((computer science) the process of storing information in a computer memory or on a magnetic tape or disk)
S: (n) fragmentation ((computer science) the condition of a file that is broken up and stored in many different locations on a magnetic disk) "fragmentation slows system performance because it takes extra time to locate and assemble the parts of the fragmented file"
S: (n) control operation, control function (an operation that controls the recording or processing or transmission of interpretation of data) "a control operation started the data processing"
S: (n) dyadic operation (an operation on exactly two operands)
S: (n) fixed-cycle operation (an operation that is completed in a specified number of regularly timed execution cycles)
S: (n) carriage return (the operation that prepares for the next character to be printed or displayed as the first character on a line)
S: (n) line feed (the operation that prepares for the next character to be printed or displayed on the next line)
S: (n) new line (the operation that prepares for the next character to be printed or displayed as the first character on the next line)
S: (n) search, lookup (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"
S: (n) sort, sorting (an operation that segregates items into groups according to a specified criterion) "the bottleneck in mail delivery is the process of sorting"
S: (n) threshold operation (an operation performed on operands in order to obtain the value of a threshold function)
S: (n) majority operation (a threshold operation in which each operand is 0 or 1; output is 1 if and only if more than half the operands have the value 1)
S: (n) data processing ((computer science) a series of operations on data by a computer in order to retrieve or transform or classify information)
S: (n) processing (preparing or putting through a prescribed procedure) "the processing of newly arrived immigrants"; "the processing of ore to obtain minerals"
S: (n) process, physical process (a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states) "events now in process"; "the process of calcification begins later for boys than for girls"