Appendix A: Glossary of Terms
Abacus—earliest computing device; invented thousands of years ago.
Absolute path—directory path starting from the root of the file system. In Linux, this path would start with a /; in Windows it would start with the partition letter such as C:\.
Access control list—means of controlling user permissions to access system resources, commonly, the list contains user names and access types such as read, read/write, execute; applied to files and directories.
Accessibility—the capacity of hardware, software, or website to be accessible by people with impairments.
Accumulator (AC)—a register in the CPU that stores data.
Ada—high-level programming language developed by the U.S. government named after Lady Ada Augusta Lovelace ...
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