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What do "transparent" and "opaque" mean when applied to programming concepts?

language-agnostic terminology
asked 2013-06-29T19:36:05.427
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Is Yaw, Pitch and Roll respectively the same thing as Heading, Pitch and Bank?

rotation terminology quaternions cinema-4d
asked 2013-06-06T19:45:26.737
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Any difference between Lazy evaluation and Short-circuit evaluation?

algorithm terminology lazy-evaluation short-circuiting
asked 2013-02-16T08:45:04.500
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Class, Object, Entity: What's the difference?

java terminology
asked 2013-01-04T17:20:00.043
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What is shotgun/voodoo programming?

terminology
asked 2012-08-02T17:44:24.280
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Are "data races" and "race condition" actually the same thing in context of concurrent programming

multithreading concurrency language-agnostic terminology data-race
asked 2012-06-30T17:44:25.103
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Why is MapReduce in CouchDB called "incremental"?

data-structures couchdb mapreduce terminology
asked 2012-06-28T00:42:37.877
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What does "implementation-agnostic" mean?

terminology
asked 2012-06-10T13:22:21.877
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what is difference between Software Stack and OS ? why Android is not an OS but software stack?

operating-system terminology
asked 2012-04-23T15:39:56.340
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What are ADTs? (Abstract Data Types)

language-agnostic terminology abstract-data-type
asked 2012-04-22T10:13:38.797
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What's the difference between distributed computing and cloud computing?

cloud computer-science distributed-computing terminology definition
asked 2012-03-26T04:50:22.500
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What is the difference between HTML tags and elements?

html terminology
asked 2012-01-20T06:04:38.693
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What does “BC break” mean?

terminology
asked 2012-01-17T07:25:53.393
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MySQL concepts: session vs connection

mysql database session connection terminology
asked 2012-01-10T02:05:52.717
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What exactly does "pass by reference" mean?

java parameters terminology pass-by-reference
asked 2011-11-13T18:46:03.117
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ADT names. What is `Left a`, and then what is `a`, in Haskell?

haskell functional-programming terminology algebraic-data-types
asked 2011-11-01T16:20:54.290
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Is metaprogramming a subset of reflection?

reflection metaprogramming terminology
asked 2011-10-03T23:41:53.140
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What is a blocking function?

node.js asynchronous real-time terminology blocking
asked 2011-09-13T19:12:32.467
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DAO and JDBC relation?

database hibernate jdbc terminology dao
asked 2011-08-15T20:30:34.543
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In compiler construction, is a symbol the same as a token?

terminology token symbols compiler-construction
asked 2011-07-29T12:10:12.013
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Testing software: fake vs stub

testing terminology stub
asked 2011-07-24T16:26:53.967
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Explain "claims-based authentication" to a 5-year-old

terminology claims-based-identity
asked 2011-07-22T07:22:50.473
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Scalar vs. primitive data type - are they the same thing?

programming-languages types terminology primitive-types scalar
asked 2011-07-08T10:22:55.417
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Git - Mastering Terminology

git terminology
asked 2011-07-07T14:22:57.683
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What is the difference between a shim and a polyfill?

terminology naming vocabulary polyfills shim
asked 2011-07-06T16:26:38.947
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What is the difference between Caching and Memoization?

caching terminology memoization
asked 2011-06-24T14:44:06.443
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What's the term that refers to attributes that accept no value (i.e. "checked" and "selected")?

html terminology
asked 2011-05-31T13:26:00.423
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What is the difference between memoization and dynamic programming?

dynamic-programming terminology difference memoization
asked 2011-05-31T08:28:31.933
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What does "this function will fuse" mean?

haskell terminology
asked 2011-05-17T20:59:54.890
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What is Serialization and Deserialization conceptually?

java terminology
asked 2011-04-14T07:41:38.193
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Is the term "libc" equivalent to "C standard library"?

c terminology standard-library libc
asked 2011-04-02T18:02:21.673
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What is the difference between REST and HTTP protocols?

http rest terminology
asked 2011-03-27T11:53:31.693
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What is the difference between a directory and a folder?

shell filesystems terminology directory
asked 2011-02-22T13:21:03.320
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What does 'chrome' mean?

javascript firefox firefox-addon terminology xul
asked 2011-02-21T22:18:57.113
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What do < and > stand for?

html terminology html-entities html-escape-characters
asked 2011-02-21T17:09:42.970
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What's the difference between parse trees and abstract syntax trees (ASTs)?

compiler-construction terminology compiler-theory abstract-syntax-tree parse-tree
asked 2011-02-17T08:19:18.767
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Please teach me a good mnemonic for remembering "slash" vs. "backslash"

terminology mnemonics
asked 2011-01-24T16:12:11.267
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Epoch vs Iteration when training neural networks

machine-learning neural-network deep-learning artificial-intelligence terminology
asked 2011-01-20T21:11:16.137
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What is the difference between data types and literals in Java?

java terminology
asked 2011-01-10T06:50:38.287
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Difference between 'cls' and 'self' in Python classes?

python class object terminology self
asked 2011-01-06T08:17:53.563
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What is difference between monolithic and micro kernel?

language-agnostic terminology kernel
asked 2010-12-27T09:52:09.407
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What does "incremental load" mean?

database terminology data-warehouse
asked 2010-12-17T14:03:50.020
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"Marshall" or "Marshal"? "Marshalling" or "Marshaling"?

terminology marshalling
asked 2010-12-13T23:43:17.040
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Python : terminology 'class' VS 'type'

python class types terminology
asked 2010-11-12T07:46:38.537
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What's the term for the part of the URL after the question mark?

url language-agnostic terminology
asked 2010-10-24T09:52:59.910
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What is compiler, linker, loader?

compiler-construction linker terminology loader
asked 2010-10-22T12:12:55.133
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What is this second new?

c++ syntax terminology new-operator placement-new
asked 2010-10-18T15:12:35.330
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What is the difference between an API, a framework and middleware?

windows frameworks terminology middleware
asked 2010-10-14T15:29:59.840
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What is "production-level code"?

language-agnostic terminology
asked 2010-10-11T16:20:35.910
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Is it webservice or web service?

web-services terminology
asked 2010-09-30T00:40:37.580
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