English Computing Terminology as a System

Abstract

The present article is a survey of Modern English computing terminology with focus on ways of terminological word-formation, structural and semantic peculiarities of the terms and their motivation. The anglysis centers around such characteristics as activity, productivity, occurrence, type of lexico-semantic category to distinguish features that prove the system character of computing terminology. Terms for analysis were taken from different English and Lithuanian general and special dictionaries, course books, as well as texts in computing. Understanding computing terms structural and semantic specific features will facilitate teaching and improve academic performance. Article in English