| English | German |
| client/server computing | Client/Server-Modell (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) |
| cloud computing | Cloud Computing (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) |
| complex instruction set computing | Computer mit komplexem Befehlssatz (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) |
| computing device | Computergerät (A piece of equipment that is used for running programs) |
| distributed computing | verteilte Verarbeitung (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) |
| Distributed Computing Environment | Umgebung für verteilte Datenverarbeitung, Distributed Computing Environment (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) |
| high-performance computing | High Performance Computing (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) |
| mesh computing | Mesh Computing (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) |