| Subject | English | Chinese Taiwan |
| comp., MS | client/server computing | 主從計算 (A model of computing whereby client applications running on a desktop or personal computer access information on remote servers or host computers. The client portion of the application is typically optimized for user interaction, whereas the server portion provides centralized, multiuser functionality) |
| comp., MS | cloud computing | 雲端運算 (A type of computing that uses groups of servers and scalable resources, generally a platform as a service and software as a service, over the Internet) |
| comp., MS | complex instruction set computing | 複雜指令集運算 (The implementation of complex instructions in a microprocessor design so that they can be invoked at the assembly language level. The instructions can be very powerful, allowing for complicated and flexible ways of calculating such elements as memory addresses. All this complexity, however, usually requires many clock cycles to execute each instruction) |
| comp., MS | computing device | 計算裝置 (A piece of equipment that is used for running programs) |
| comp., MS | distributed computing | 分散式運算 (A form of information processing in which work is performed by separate computers linked through a communications network. Distributed processing is usually categorized as either plain distributed processing or true distributed processing. Plain distributed processing shares the workload among computers that can communicate with one another. True distributed processing has separate computers perform different tasks in such a way that their combined work can contribute to a larger goal. The latter type of processing requires a highly structured environment that allows hardware and software to communicate, share resources, and exchange information freely) |
| comp., MS | Distributed Computing Environment | 分散式運算環境 (A set of standards from the Open Group (formerly the Open Software Foundation) for development of distributed applications that can operate on more than one platform. One of two types of hardware connected by an RS-232-C serial connection, the other being a Data Terminal Equipment (DTE) device. A DCE is an intermediary device that often transforms input from a DTE before sending it to a recipient. A modem, for example, is a DCE that modulates data from a microcomputer (DTE) and sends it along a telephone connection) |
| comp., MS | high-performance computing | 高效能運算 (The type of computing that uses supercomputers or computer clusters to address computation problems which require high bandwidth, low latency networking, very high compute capabilities, etc) |
| comp., MS | mobile computing | 行動運算 (The process of using a computer while traveling. Mobile computing usually requires a portable computer that is battery powered, rather than a desktop system) |
| comp., MS | pay-as-you-go computing | 隨收隨付計算 (A model in which a solution provider offers a computer to the customer for a low initial payment, and the customer adds time to the computer by purchasing blocks of computer usage time. Once an agreed-upon amount of usage time is purchased, the customer has unlimited access to the computer and no longer needs to pay for computer usage time) |
| comp., MS | Prepaid Computing Essentials | 預付運算基本功能 (A printed card that includes important information about using and getting support for prepaid computing. A Prepaid Computing Essentials card is included with each new prepaid computer) |
| comp., MS | social computing | 社交運算 (An area of computer science concerned with creating or recreating social conventions and social contexts online through the use of software and technology) |
| comp., MS | subscription computing | 訂閱式運算 (An approach in which telephone and internet service providers offer PCs to their customers, who then have the ability to pay for them over time through their monthly bill) |