A dictionary of common English and Japanese tech-related vocabulary. These words were encountered while reading technical journals, books, and magazines.
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- アップ upload (a file, a photo, etc.)
- 必須（ひっす）required
- 開設（かいせつ）establishment, opening
- 記述（きじゅつ）description
- 入力（にゅうりょく）input field, input
- 生成（せいせい）creation
- 照会（しょうかい）inquiry, query
- e.g. 残高照会 = inquiry of bank account balance
- 登録（とうろく）registration
- 新規（しんき）new, fresh
- e.g. 新規登録 = new registration
- 残高（ざんだか）balance (of a bank account)
- 伝授（でんじゅ）initiation, instruction
- 外部（がいぶ）external, third-party
- 発足（はっそく）starting, launch, founding
- 実装（じっそう）implementation
- 簡素化（かんそか）simplication
- 機能（きのう）function, feature
- 工数（こうすう）production costs
- 命名規則（めいめいきそく）naming convention
- ベンダー vendor
- 要求（ようきゅう）demand, request, requirement
- 複数（ふくすう）several, multiple
- 分離（ぶんり）separation, partition, segregation
- 復元（ふくげん）restoration
- 併用（へいよう）use together at the same time
- 保管（ほかん）storage, custody
- 送信（そうしん）data transmission, sending data
- 冗長性（じょうちょうせい）redundancy
- 処理（しょり）processing, treatment, disposal
- 保つ（たもつ）to store, to save
- 不正（ふせい）fraudulent, illegal
- 合致（がっち）matching
- 秘密鍵（ひみつかぎ）private key, secret key
- 一意（いちい）unique
- 委任（いにん）leave in charge, entrust to
- 回避（かいひ）evasion, avoidance
- 権限委譲（けんげんいじょう）delegration of authority
- 検証（けんしょう）inspection, verification
- 公開鍵暗号方式（こうかいかぎあんごうほうしき）public key crytography
- 攻撃（こうげき）attack
- 実証（じっしょう）actual proof
- 成り済ます（なりすます）to impersonate, to pose as
- 二段階認証（にんだんかいにんしょう）two-factor authentication
- Also: 多段階認証（ただんかいにんしょう）multi-factor authentication
- 乗っ取る（のっとる）highjack (an account, a plane, etc.)
- 流出（りゅうしゅつ）leak
- 窃取（せっしゅ）theft, stealing
- 正当性（せいとうせい）legal, proper
- 照合（しょうごう）comparison
- 真正（しんせい）authentic, true
- 識別（しきべつ）discriminate, discern
- 識別子（しきべつし）identifier
- 署名（しょめい）signature
- 盗聴（とうちょう）intercept, wiretap
- 属性（ぞくせい）attribute
- 割り当てる（わりあてる）to assign, to allocate
- 別途（べっと）special, separate
- 断念（だんねん）abandoning, giving up
- 概念（がいねん）general idea or concept
- 源泉（げんせん）source
- 発行（はっこう）issue, publish
- 判定（はんてい）judgement
- 煩雑（はんざつ）complex, intricate
- 引換券（ひきかえけん）exchange ticket
- 本末転倒（ほんまつてんとう）getting one's priorities backwards
- 一貫（いっかん）consistency, coherence
- 基盤（きばん）foundation, base
- 試みる（こころみる）to try, to test
- 根幹（こんかん）basis, root
- 混同（こんどう）confusion, mixing
- 後述（こうじゅつ）later mention
- 見做される（みなされる）to consider as, to regard
- 見受ける（みうける）to see, to suppose
- 内蔵型（ないぞうがた）internal, built-in
- おさらい rehearsal, review
- 略語（りゃくご）abbreviation, acronym
- 主流（しゅりゅう）mainstream
- 取得（しゅとく）acquire
- 外付け（そとづけ）attached outside, external
- 台頭（たいとう）coming to power, becoming famous, rising
- 提出（ていしゅつ）submit
- 受け渡す（うけわたす）deliver, hand over, transfer
- 前述（ぜんじゅつ）forementioned, mentioned previously
- 全盛（ぜんせい）height of prosperity