Vocabulary

• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• from memory: Using only your memory without any help or notes.
• have to: Must do
• result in: To cause or produce as a consequence.
• for now: Temporarily; for the present time.
• by now: At the present time or already; before the present.
• also known as: Also called; alternatively named.
• see in: To accompany someone to the entrance of a building or room.
• deal with
• plug in
• in parallel: Done at the same time; simultaneously.
• set up
• over to: Used to hand over to someone else to speak
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• in turn: One after the other in a sequence or rotation.
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• feel for: To have sympathy for someone; to empathize with someone's situation.
• direct to: To show or tell someone how to get to a place.
• try out: To try to win a place on a team in a group
• entire: Complete or full; with no part left out; whole
• process: To organize and use data in a computer
• access: Way to enter a place, e.g. a station or stadium
• multiple: Having or involving more than one of something
• basically: Used before you explain something simply, clearly
• matter: To be of great importance; to count
• improve: To make, or become, something better
• average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
• specifically: As regards a particular thing; closely related to
• experiment: Test performed to assess new ideas or theories
• conversation: Talking with other people; discussion or chat
• previous: Existing or happening before the present time
• research: To study in order to discover new ideas and facts
• increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
• implement: To start to do something you plan to do
• presentation: Act of giving a formal talk about something
• strict: Tending to enforce rules; severe
• conduct: Your behavior
• conventional: Following the common attitudes and practices
• realistic: Looks or appears real; like things really are
• sustain: To lengthen or continue to do something
• prompt: Message on a computer requiring attention
• dramatically: In a sudden or extreme manner
• contrast: To compare; to show clear, obvious differences
• section: A part of a whole
• compare: To consider how similar and different things are
• expand: To make something larger in size, number, amount
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• rely: Depend on with full trust or confidence
• observation: Remark or comment on something you noticed
• leave: To go away from; depart
• discuss: To talk about seriously or in great detail
• plug: Wood, rubber or metal used to block a hole
• receive: To get something someone has given or sent to you
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• analysis: Careful study to better understand something
• single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
• order: Religious or social group, as of nuns
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• fully: Completely or entirely
• simple: Not hard to understand or do; not complex
• substantially: In a basic, general manner
• detail: Small part of something; tiny fact
• expansion: Making or becoming larger
• steadily: At a steady rate or pace; reliably; constantly
• token: Flat, round piece of material used e.g. as coins
• underlie: To be the basis, foundation or cause of something
• prefix: Part of a word added to the front, e.g. UNhappy
• latency: State of being not yet evident or active
• generator: Machine that produces electrical power
• multi: A prefix meaning 'many' or 'more than one'
• query: Question asked in order to remove doubts
• proportionally: So that the ratio of two quantities is constant
• optimization: Efforts to make as effective as possible
• cache: (Weapons etc.) which are hidden away illegally
• throughput: Amount of data passing through a system
• mic: Short for 'microphone'
• dram: Unit of weight equal to an eighth of an ounce