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Daisywheel printer	Typenrad drucker	An impact printer which uses a hammer to print on paper.
Data	Daten	A term for digits and symbols which are stored and processed by a computer.
Database	Datenbank	Data stored in structured files but arranged so that it may be accessed in many ways for use in different applications.
Databus	Datenbus	The wires inside a computer which the information travels to and from many locations
Data Communications	Datenverbindung	The process of transmitting data between equipment.
Datalogging	Datenamsprecher	The automatic collecting of data by a machine for a computer thus being stored for later analysis.
Data processing	Datenverarbeitung	The operation of transmitting, storing, processing and collecting data.
Data Protection Act	Datenschutzgesetz	All organisations, businesses, etc. which hold information on people have to register that fact. It is an act of Parliament which came into place in May 1986.
Debugging	Fehler beseitigung	The correction of errors within a computer program.
Decoder	Dekodierer	A device that changes data from one coded form into an other.
Default	Hangel	The instruction that will be automatically used by a program, unless the user alters it.
Defragmentation	Defragmentierung	Reorganising the storage of a file.
Desktop publishing	Bildsihirm verpöfenthichen	The production of professional quality booklets and magazines on a computer.
Diagnostic routine	Fehlersack program	A program which is useful in detecting faults within a machine which may need to be debugged.
Dialogue box	Dialöge Kasten	A little boxed area that pops up on the screen when further input is required by the user before the program can continue.
Digital	Digital	Changing in discrete jumps and not continuous like analogue quantities.
Digital computer	Digital compüter	It only works with data that is represented in a digital form.
Digitize	Digitalisieren	Converting an analogue quantity to a digital one.
Digitizer	Digitalisierer	A device that changes analogue signals into digital.
Direct access storage	Direkt zugriffsaufbewahrung	This is storage in random access memory where the data can be accessed almost instantly.
Directory	Inhaltsverzeichnis	A place in an 'electronic filing cabinet' that allows the keeping together of names of related files, the cabinet is the storage disk, each drawer is a drive or ROOT directory.
Disk	Dikette	A flat circular plate covered in magnetic material which is able to store data concentrated.
Documentation	Dokumentation	Printed information which usually accompanies a computer package and advises on usage and what output can be expected.
Document image processing	Bildnis dokumentier prozess	The storing, indexing and fast retrieval of digital images of items that were inputted into the system using a scanner.
Document reader	Belegleser	Where forms having certain marks in certain positions they can be read at high speed by a computer.
Dot matrix printer	Matrix punktier drucker	A printer that forms characters on paper by printing a pattern of dots. An impact printer.
Downloading	Nachladen	The taking of data from the internet or a larger machine and moving to a smaller computer.
Down time	Ausfall	The duration of time a computer is unusable due to faults.
Drag	Ziehen	The movement of highlighted text around the screen by the use of a mouse.
Dumb terminal	Ineffektiver computer anschluss	A terminal with no processing power of it's own. Often used as an access point to a main server or mainframe computer.
Dump	Weguerfen	A method of copying data in a section of memory and sending it to a peripheral device e.g. a printer.
Duplex operation	Doppelte durchfuehrung	A method of transmission which allows data to go in both directions at the same time.
Dye sublimation printer	Farb sub- drucker	This printer uses dyes to transfer the computer output onto prepared materials that in a process that gives a near photographic result
Dynamic data exchange	Dynamishher daten tausch	The ability to transfer data between different applications packages that are already resident in a machine.
Dynamic stop	Dynamisher stop	A mode of drawing the user's attention to some factor or other when running a program, indicating that something is wrong.

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