computer operation

English Thesaurus

1. an elementary operation that a computer is designed and built to perform (noun.process)

hypernym	:	operation,
definition	:	(computer science) data processing in which the result is completely specified by a rule (especially the processing that results from a single instruction) (noun.process)

hyponym	:	floating-point operation, flop,
definition	:	an arithmetic operation performed on floating-point numbers (noun.process)

hyponym	:	retrieval,
definition	:	(computer science) the operation of accessing information from the computer's memory (noun.process)

hyponym	:	storage,
definition	:	(computer science) the process of storing information in a computer memory or on a magnetic tape or disk (noun.process)