| English | French |
| array initializer | initialiseur de tableau (A sequence of variable initializers that are assigned to the array elements in the same statement in which the array is declared) |
| associative array | tableau associatif (A data structure that carries out a mathematical calculation on a field identifier to determine where a data element in a large table or index is located) |
| numeric array | tableau numérique (An array composed of a collection of keys and a collection of values, where each key is associated with one value. The values can be of any type, but the keys must be numeric) |
| Redundant Array of Independent Disks | technologie RAID (A mechanism for storing identical data on multiple disks for redundancy, improved performance, and increased mean time between failures (MTBF). RAID provides fault tolerance and appears to the operating system as a single logical drive) |
| sparse array | matrice creuse (An array (arrangement of items) in which many of the entries are identical, commonly zero. It is not possible to define precisely when an array is sparse, but it is clear that at some point, usually when about one-third of the array consists of identical entries, it becomes worthwhile to redefine the array) |