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Language	Sprache	In order to tell a computer what to do, we have to use a language it understands.
Laptop computer	Tragbarer Computer	A portable microcomputer that has it's own built in monitor and keyboard.
Large scale integration	Breit Skala Ergänzung	A measure of the number of logic gates on a chip about half a centimetre square.
Laser card	Laserkarte	A plastic card which contains data such as bank a\c details, fingerprints or other such information.
Laser printer	Laser Drucker	This printer prints a page a time and uses a dry copying process, it is a non impact printer.
Least significant character	Minimum bedeutsam Zeichen	The character in the furthest right-hand position.
Left justification	Linksbündig	An arrangement of text so that the left-hand edges are all in line.
Library software	Bibliothek Software	The programs available on the computer.
Light emitting diode	Led-lampe	A small coloured device that emits light like a bulb, it is normally used as an indicator lamp. ( L.E.D.)
Light guide	Lichtleiter-kabel	Glass or perspex fibre used to transfer optical signals. Light enters at one side and is internally reflected along the fibre optic.
Light pen	Laser Stift	A pen that allows the user to draw change and move sections of pictures by simply moving it across the screen of the graphical display unit.
Line number	Zeilennummer	A number that tells the computer that what follows is part of a program.
Line printer	Nadeldrucker	A cylinder which has rows of characters, all the A's are printed first, the cylinder turns, then the B's and so on.
Liquid crystal display	LCD-Monitor	A liquid whose molecules can be made to line up, making it look darker when electric current is applied.
List	Liste	The setting out, on screen of the program statements in number order.
Load	Laden	The reading of the program statements or data from backing store into the appropriate parts of the computer memory.
Location	Festplatte	The places in computer that are able to store data.
Local area network	LAN-Netwerk	A cable system connecting several microcomputers for the speedy exchange of data and the sharing of peripherals like scanners and printers.
Logic circuit	Logik Produktion	Basic building blocks of digital electronics commonly referred to as a gate, AND, OR, NAND and NOR are all examples of logic circuits and it is these that make up the circuits on a silicon chip.
Log in/off/on	Einwählen	The phrases used when entering or leaving a large computer system from a terminal.
LOGO	LOGO	A powerful high level language developed to allow the exploration of ideas on how to use a computer. It is widely used in education.
Loop	Schlinge	A set of program instructions that are repeated from the beginning, just as a loop of thread comes back to where it started, until a certain condition is satisfied.
Low-level language	Tiefebenesprache	A computer language which is similar to and easily converted into machine code.
Low resolution	Tiefer Entschluß	Poor definition of characters or graphics which usually occurs when there are fewer than 300 pixels across the screen width.

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