亲 親 qīn parent / one's own (flesh and blood) / relative / related / marriage / bride / close / intimate / in person / first-hand / in favor of / pro- / to kiss / (Internet slang) dear syn 家长 家長 jiā zhǎng head of a household / family head / patriarch / parent or guardian of a child syn 虚拟 虛擬 xū nǐ to imagine / to make up / fictitious / theoretical / hypothetical / (computing) to emulate / (computing) virtual syn 母子 mǔ zǐ mother and child / parent and subsidiary (companies) / principal and interest 家长会 家長會 jiā zhǎng huì parent-teacher conference / parents' association 母体 母體 mǔ tǐ (zoology, medicine) mother's body / (chemistry etc) parent / matrix / (statistics) population / parent population 母语 母語 mǔ yǔ native language / mother tongue / (linguistics) parent language 优先级 優先級 yōu xiān jí (computing) priority level / (computing) precedence (of operators) 总公司 總公司 zǒng gōng sī parent company / head office syn 母公司 mǔ gōng sī parent company syn 主从 主從 zhǔ cóng master-slave (computing) / client-server (computing) / primary and secondary syn 送终 送終 sòng zhōng to attend upon a dying parent or other senior family member / to handle the funeral affairs of a senior family member 奔丧 奔喪 bēn sāng to hasten home for the funeral of a parent or grandparent syn 亲子 親子 qīn zǐ parent and child / parent-child (relationship) / two successive generations 单亲家庭 單親家庭 dān qīn jiā tíng single parent family 磁碟机 磁碟機 cí dié jī disk drive (computing) / drive (computing) 单亲 單親 dān qīn single parent 弑 弒 shì to murder a superior / to murder one's parent syn 再生父母 zài shēng fù mǔ like a second parent (idiom) / one's great benefactor syn 测试 測試 cè shì to test (machinery etc) / to test (a person's skill in a particular area) / a test / (computing) beta (version of software) 退出 tuì chū to withdraw / to abort / to quit / to log out (computing) syn 网络 網絡 wǎng luò network (computing, telecommunications, transport etc) syn 标记 標記 biāo jì sign / mark / symbol / to mark up / (computing) token syn 保存 bǎo cún to conserve / to preserve / to keep / to save (a file etc) (computing) syn 数据库 數據庫 shù jù kù (computing) database 运作 運作 yùn zuò to operate / operations / workings / activities (usu. of an organization) / thread (computing) syn 后门 後門 hòu mén back door / back gate / (fig.) back-door influence / under-the-table dealings / anus / (computing) backdoor syn 代理 dài lǐ to act on behalf of sb in a responsible position / to act as an agent or proxy / surrogate / (computing) proxy syn 后台 後臺 hòu tái backstage area / behind-the-scenes supporter / (computing) back-end / background syn 笔记本 筆記本 bǐ jì běn notebook (stationery) / CL:本[ben3] / notebook (computing) syn 侵入 qīn rù to make (military) incursions / to invade / to intrude into / to trespass / to gain unauthorized access (computing) syn 打包 dǎ bāo to wrap / to pack / to put leftovers in a doggy bag for take-out / (computing) to package (i.e. create an archive file) syn 撤销 撤銷 chè xiāo to repeal / to revoke / (computing) to undo syn 睡眠 shuì mián sleep / to sleep / (computing) to enter sleep mode syn 修复 修復 xiū fù to restore / to renovate / (computing) to repair (a corrupted file etc) syn 标签 標籤 biāo qiān label / tag / (computing) tab (GUI element) syn 升级 升級 shēng jí to go up by one grade / to be promoted / to escalate (in intensity) / (computing) to upgrade syn 开启 開啟 kāi qǐ to open / to start / (computing) to enable syn 引用 yǐn yòng to quote / to cite / to recommend / to appoint / (computing) reference syn 行程 xíng chéng journey / travel route / distance of travel / course (of history) / stroke (of a piston) / (Tw) (computing) process syn 容器 róng qì receptacle / vessel / (computing) container syn 波特 bō tè (loanword) baud (computing) / porter (beer) 构成 構成 gòu chéng to constitute / to form / to compose / to make up / to configure (computing) syn 日志 日誌 rì zhì journal / log (computing) syn 前台 前臺 qián tái stage / proscenium / foreground in politics etc (sometimes derog.) / front desk / reception desk / (computing) front-end / foreground 黑客 hēi kè hacker (computing) (loanword) syn 主机 主機 zhǔ jī main engine / (military) lead aircraft / (computing) host computer / main processor / server syn 延迟 延遲 yán chí to delay / to postpone / to keep putting sth off / to procrastinate / (computing) to lag syn 周边 周邊 zhōu biān periphery / rim / perimeter / surroundings / (computing) (attributive) peripheral / merch (abbr. for 周邊商品|周边商品[zhou1bian1 shang1pin3]) syn 应用 應用 yìng yòng to put to use / to apply / practical / applied (science, linguistics etc) / application / practical use / (computing) app syn 程式 chéng shì form / pattern / formula / (Tw) (computing) program 启用 啟用 qǐ yòng to start using / (computing) to enable (a feature) 木马 木馬 mù mǎ wooden horse / rocking horse / vaulting horse (gymnastics) / trojan horse (computing) 回车 回車 huí chē to turn a vehicle around / (computing) "carriage return" character / the "Enter" key / to hit the "Enter" key 头像 頭像 tóu xiàng portrait / bust / (computing) profile picture / avatar 解密 jiě mì to declassify / (computing) to decrypt / to decipher 资料库 資料庫 zī liào kù (Tw) (computing) database 编程 編程 biān chéng (computing) to program / programming 驱动 驅動 qū dòng to drive / to propel / drive (vehicle wheel) / drive mechanism (tape or disk) / device driver (computing software) syn 滚动 滾動 gǔn dòng to roll / (to do sth) in a loop / to scroll (computing) / to progressively expand (economics) / to rumble (of thunder) syn 无损 無損 wú sǔn to do no harm (to sth) / intact / (computing) lossless syn 指标 指標 zhǐ biāo (production) target / quota / index / indicator / sign / signpost / (computing) pointer 队列 隊列 duì liè formation (of troops) / alignment / (computing) queue / cohort (in a study) syn 读出 讀出 dú chū to read out loud / (computing) to read (data) / readout (of a scientific instrument) 加速器 jiā sù qì accelerator (computing) / particle accelerator 桌布 zhuō bù tablecloth / (computing) desktop background / wallpaper / CL:條|条[tiao2],塊|块[kuai4],張|张[zhang1] 休眠 xiū mián (biology) dormant / (of a volcano) dormant / (computing) to hibernate syn 文本 wén běn a text (article, script, contract etc) / version of a text (copy, translation, abridged version etc) / (computing) text syn 指针 指針 zhǐ zhēn pointer on a gauge / clock hand / cursor / (computing) pointer syn 快照 kuài zhào (photography) snapshot / (computing) snapshot / cached copy 超时 超時 chāo shí to exceed the time limit / (to work) overtime / (computing) timeout syn 初始化 chū shǐ huà (computing) to initialize / initialization 溢出 yì chū to overflow / to spill over / (computing) overflow syn 路由器 lù yóu qì router (computing) 脚本 腳本 jiǎo běn script / screenplay / scenario / libretto / (computing) script syn 调用 調用 diào yòng to transfer (for a specific purpose) / to allocate / (computing) to invoke (a command, an application etc) 界面 jiè miàn contact surface / (computing) interface 渲染 xuàn rǎn rendering (computing) / to add washes of ink or color to a drawing (Chinese painting) / to exaggerate / to embellish syn 云端 雲端 yún duān high in the clouds / (computing) the cloud 内核 內核 nèi hé core (of a fruit) / (fig.) the essence (of a concept or doctrine etc) / (geology) inner core / (computing) kernel syn 图标 圖標 tú biāo graphic symbol / (computing) icon 流水线 流水線 liú shuǐ xiàn assembly line / (computing) pipeline syn 拖拉 tuō lā to drag along / to haul / (fig.) to procrastinate / shilly-shallying / sluggish / (computing) drag and drop / (loanword) tola, unit of weight, approx. 11.664 grams syn 字符 zì fú character (computing) 鼠标 鼠標 shǔ biāo mouse (computing) 会话 會話 huì huà (language learning) conversation / dialog / to converse (in a non-native language) / (computing) session / CL:個|个[ge4],次[ci4] syn 阵列 陣列 zhèn liè (computing) array (data structure) / (hardware) array (photovoltaic cells, radio telescopes etc) 实例 實例 shí lì actual example / living example / illustration / demonstration / (computing) instance 禁用 jìn yòng to prohibit the use of sth / to ban / (computing) to disable syn 存储器 存儲器 cún chǔ qì memory (computing) 剪切 jiǎn qiē to cut (with scissors or similar tool) / to shear / (geology) shear / (computing) to cut (as in "cut-and-paste") syn 域名 yù míng (computing) domain name 拖动 拖動 tuō dòng to drag / to tow / (computing) to drag (mouse operation) 回收站 huí shōu zhàn recycling center / waste materials collection depot / (computing) recycle bin 缓冲器 緩衝器 huǎn chōng qì buffer (computing) 缓存 緩存 huǎn cún (computing) cache / buffer memory 并发 併發 bìng fā to happen simultaneously / (medicine) (of one disease) to be complicated by (another) / (of another disease) to erupt simultaneously / (computing) concurrent syn 数组 數組 shù zǔ (computing) array 汇入 匯入 huì rù to flow into / to converge (of river) / (computing) to import (data) 