| 释义 |
computerese colloq.|kəmpjuːtəˈriːz|
[f. computer + -ese.]
a. The type of language characteristic of programming languages and operating system commands; computer language.
b. The technical jargon of computing; computer terminology.
1960Britannica Bk. Year 752/1 Computerese, a set of symbols serving as instructions that an electronic computer can be made to follow to solve a problem. 1967Electronics 6 Mar. 219/2 An operator can type out simple commands in English or any other language, and not worry about adhering strictly to computerese. 1970Time 8 June 18 Ziegler..mixes computerese into his briefings: he talks of ‘inputs’ and ‘outputs’, of ‘implementing’ a policy within a ‘time frame’. 1971C. Connolly in Sunday Times 20 June 29/6 One day we may all write computerese. 1978in R. Buckle U & Non-U Revisited 44 Data is becoming a singular in Computerese. 1984Austral. Personal Computer Feb. 4/2 Clio enables the user to query the database in his own language, rather than in computerese. |