Cambridge Professional English Infotech English for computer users Fourth Editiorf

compact disc (CD) /kam.paskt 'disk/ n
A storage device which uses optical laser technology. Its storage capacity is from 650MB to 700MB.
compatible /kam'paetibal/ adjThe ability of a device or program to work with another device or program. Two PCs are compatible if they can run the same software. Programs are compatible if they use the same data formats, compiler/kam'paila/ n A special program that converts a source program (written in a high- level language) into object code (machine code) in one go.
compositing /kam'pozitii}/ n Combining parts of different images to create a single image, compression /kam'prejan/ nThe process which makes computer data smaller so the information takes up less space and may be transmitted in less time. Compressed files have extensions like .zip, .arj, and .sit. computer security specialist /kam,pju:ta si'kjuarati ,spejalist/ n Someone who works with companies to build secure computer systems.
computer-aided design (CAD)
/kam,pju:ta .eidid di'zain/ n Software, and sometimes special-purpose hardware, used by engineers and architects to design everything from cars and planes to buildings and furniture, computer-to-plate (CTP) /kam,pju:ta ta 'pleit/ n An imaging technology used in modern commercial printing, in which DTP files are output directly to the printing plates without using film as an intermediate step.
configuration /kan^iga'reiJan/nThe
components of a computer system, configure /kan'figa/ vTo set up a computer device or a program to be used in a particular way.