stripe
The term used to describe the process of distributing data across several storage devices to improve performance.
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- striping
See disk striping.
- strong password
(strâng pas´wërd) (n.) A password that is difficult to detect by both humans and computer programs, effectively protecting data from unauthorized access. A strong password consists of at least six characters (and the more characters, the stronger the password) that are a combination of letters, numbers and symbols (@, #, $, %, etc.) if allowed. […]
- structural hazard
In processing, the phenomenon when a planned instruction cannot execute in the proper clock cycle, or clock tick, because the hardware it is running on cannot support the combination of instructions that are set to execute in the given clock cycle, causing resource conflicts. For example, a structural hazard would occur if a processor tried […]
- Structured Data
Data that resides in a fixed field within a record or file is called structured data. This includes data contained in relational databases and spreadsheets. Characteristics of Structured Data Structured data first depends on creating a data model – a model of the types of business data that will be recorded and how they will […]
- stub
A routine that doesn’t actually do anything other than declare itself and the parameters it accepts. Stubs are used commonly as placeholders for routines that still need to be developed. The stub contains just enough code to allow it to be compiled and linked with the rest of the program.