Dataset · MLC-0101 · [FULL TEXT]

Computing and IT terminology

Name: Computing and IT terminology
Creator: MLchart
License: https://mlchart.com/terms/

1Description

Computing and IT terminology. 1,553 terms with definitions and subjects. Every term is published as its own page, A to Z.

1 terms carry more than one definition, numbered in the record.

Subjects (6): Technical (454); Software (400); Hardware (311); Internet (305); Bits and Bytes (51); File Formats (32).

2Schema

Table 1. Fields
Field	Type	Description	Example
id	string	Stable MLchart term identifier	MLC-T-CMP-000253
term	string	Headword as published	CTR
field	string	Field of the dataset	Computing and IT
definition	string	Definition text; several definitions are numbered	The ratio of users who click on a specific link to the total number...
subject	string	Subject within the field	Internet
url	string	Canonical page of the term	https://mlchart.com/terminology/computing/ctr/

3Sample records

Sample record

{
  "id": "MLC-T-CMP-000253",
  "term": "CTR",
  "field": "Computing and IT",
  "definition": "The ratio of users who click on a specific link to the total number of users who view a page, email, or advertisement. It is expressed as a percentage and indicates the effectiveness of an online advertisement or call to action. A CTR of 2% means that for every 100 views, two users clicked the link.",
  "subject": "Internet",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/computing/ctr/"
}

4Browse

Table 2. Terms by initial
Initial	Terms	From	To
A	79	Abend	Azure
B	75	Backbone	Bytecode
C	123	C	Cybersquatter
D	114	DAC	Dynamic website
E	52	eBook	Extranet
F	64	Facebook	Full-duplex
G	30	Gateway	GUI
H	61	H.264	Hypervisor
I	82	IaaS	IVR
J	16	Jailbreak	JWT
K	17	Kbps	KVM switch
L	48	Lag	LUN
M	103	M1	MySQL
N	44	Name server	Nybble
O	37	OASIS	Overwrite
P	121	P2P	Python
Q	10	QBE	QWERTY
R	69	Race condition	RUP
S	162	SaaS	Systray
T	72	T1	Typeface
U	38	UAT	UWP
V	36	Vaporware	Vulkan
W	67	WAIS	WYSIWYG
X	9	x64	XSLT
Y	6	Y2K	YouTube
Z	7	Zebibyte	Zone file
0-9	11	3D printer	802.11n

5Uses

Domain adaptation and fine-tuning of language models
Term extraction, entity recognition and entity linking
Glossary, thesaurus and ontology construction
Search query expansion and synonym mapping
Evaluation sets for definition and question answering tasks

6Citation

@misc{mlchart_terminology_computing_2026,
  title     = {Computing and IT terminology},
  author    = {MLchart},
  publisher = {MLchart},
  year      = {2026},
  version   = {2026.10},
  url       = {https://mlchart.com/terminology/computing/}
}

MLchart. (2026). Computing and IT terminology (Version 2026.10) [Data set]. https://mlchart.com/terminology/computing/

7Access

The full Computing and IT terminology dataset (MLC-0101), 1,553 records. Delivered as JSONL, CSV or Parquet under a commercial licence.

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