| English | German |
| head node | Hauptknoten (A server that provides management and job scheduling services to compute nodes in an HPC cluster) |
| record head | Schreibkopf (The device in a tape machine that places data on the tape. In some tape machines, the record head is combined with the read head) |
| running head | Kopfzeile (One or more identifying lines printed at the top of a page. A header may contain a page number, a date, the author's name, and the document title, the name of chapter) |
| scan head | Scankopf (An optical device found in scanners and fax machines that moves across the subject being scanned, converts light and dark areas to electrical signals, and sends those signals to the scanning system for processing) |
