Adolescence /ˌæd

memory /ˈmem. ə r.i/ /-ɚ-/ noun COMPUTER
3. [ C usually singular U ] the part of a computer in which information or programs are stored either permanently or temporarily, or the amount of space available on it for storing information
My computer has a gigabyte of memory.
monitor /ˈmɒn.ɪ.tə r / /ˈmɑː.nɪ.t ̬ɚ/ noun [ C ] SCREEN
3. a device with a screen on which words or pictures can be shown
a computer monitor
a TV monitor
Doctors watched the old man's heartbeat on a monitor.
patent /ˈpeɪ.t ə nt/ /ˈpæt. ə nt/ noun [ C ]
the official legal right to make or sell an invention for a particular number of years
In 1880 Alexander Graham Bell was granted a patent on an apparatus for signalling and communicating called a Photophone.
The company took out/filed a patent on a genetically engineered tomato that remains firm longer than untreated tomatoes.
program /ˈprəʊ.græm/ /ˈproʊ-/ noun [ C ]
1. a series of instructions which can be put into a computer in order to make it perform an operation
a computer program
She's written a program to find words which frequently occur together.
2. Australian English usually and US a programme
prototype /ˈprəʊ.tə.taɪp/ /ˈproʊ.t ̬ə-/ noun [ C ]
the first example of something, such as a machine or other industrial product, from which all later forms are developed
a prototype for/of a new car