Questions tagged [terminology]

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What is an "operator int" function?

c++ terminology conversion-operator

asked 2010-09-28T16:18:02.723

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What is this practice called in JavaScript?

javascript design-patterns terminology iife

asked 2010-09-15T17:48:09.933

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Difference between Primary Key, Unique Key and candidate key

database terminology

asked 2010-09-01T10:21:57.990

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What is a Smalltalk "image"?

terminology smalltalk

asked 2010-08-24T21:22:37.183

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What is '`' character called?

character ascii special-characters terminology punctuation

asked 2010-07-31T10:44:31.977

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Destructor or Deconstructor with regards to OOP?

oop terminology

asked 2010-07-23T08:01:59.323

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What is a "real" programming language?

php programming-languages terminology

asked 2010-07-11T08:04:26.040

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What does "monolithic" mean?

class oop programming-languages terminology

asked 2010-07-05T12:20:11.163

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Framework vs. Toolkit vs. Library

terminology

asked 2010-06-16T22:07:30.917

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What is the difference between a thread/process/task?

process task terminology

asked 2010-06-15T05:27:28.493

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Windows CE vs Windows Mobile

windows-mobile windows-ce terminology

asked 2010-06-10T16:34:41.390

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Always can't separate these words: ascending and descending! Are there good examples?

terminology

asked 2010-06-08T15:35:03.603

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What is "Commodity Software"?

terminology commodity

asked 2010-06-07T14:03:57.863

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What is the 'd' in the literal 12d called?

c# terminology numbers literals

asked 2010-06-02T15:17:02.020

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SRP & "axis of change"?

principles single-responsibility-principle terminology

asked 2010-06-01T19:29:56.520

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What is the definition of a Service object?

java design-patterns terminology

asked 2010-05-28T10:50:05.363

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Difference between a deprecated and a legacy API?

java collections terminology

asked 2010-05-20T11:36:19.603

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What is the difference between depth and height in a tree?

algorithm data-structures tree nodes terminology

asked 2010-04-08T21:47:59.303

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"Work stealing" vs. "Work shrugging"?

terminology scheduling load-balancing scheduled-tasks multiprocessor

asked 2010-03-31T12:25:52.373

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Static/Dynamic vs Strong/Weak

terminology strong-typing static-typing dynamic-typing weak-typing

asked 2010-02-28T13:42:21.650

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Can someone explain what a wire-level protocol is?

network-programming terminology protocols p2p bittorrent

asked 2010-02-24T06:23:15.860

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What is the difference between compile code and executable code?

build compilation terminology

asked 2010-02-22T10:33:00.847

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Is parallel programming == multithread programming?

multithreading terminology parallel-processing concurrency

asked 2010-02-18T10:03:25.367

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What is a "tight loop"?

terminology

asked 2010-02-06T11:50:16.637

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Is there a technical difference between the terms "length" and "size" (in programming, of course)?

java object terminology method-names

asked 2010-02-04T21:38:07.630

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What is an Endpoint?

authentication oauth terminology endpoint

asked 2010-01-23T08:26:10.267

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Name of a path containing the complete file name?

path terminology conventions

asked 2010-01-22T17:29:17.487

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What does "performant" software actually mean?

performance terminology

asked 2010-01-21T20:44:22.443

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What's that CS "big word" term for the same action always having the same effect

language-agnostic computer-science terminology vocabulary

asked 2010-01-19T21:03:09.197

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What do you call the entire first part of a URL?

url terminology uri

asked 2010-01-17T16:23:41.050

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What is the difference between POSIX sockets and BSD sockets?

c sockets posix terminology

asked 2009-12-20T07:35:01.477

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What is a sequence? When do we need one?

database terminology database-sequence

asked 2009-10-30T10:46:34.830

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Difference between DTO, VO, POJO, JavaBeans?

java terminology javabeans dto pojo

asked 2009-10-23T09:30:36.483

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Simulator or Emulator? What is the difference?

terminology simulation emulation

asked 2009-10-18T11:13:40.823

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What is "Orthogonality"?

language-agnostic terminology lexicon

asked 2009-10-06T18:55:53.003

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What are greenfield and brownfield applications?

language-agnostic terminology

asked 2009-09-22T12:58:12.053

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Why is it called 'wchar_t' and not simply 'wchar'?

c++ c terminology

asked 2009-09-21T21:02:06.043

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What is the difference between a definition and a declaration?

c++ c declaration terminology c++-faq

asked 2009-09-11T12:27:12.883

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What is the meaning of "cascading" in CSS?

css terminology css-cascade

asked 2009-06-25T09:57:53.303

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What is the difference between application server and web server?

webserver terminology application-server

asked 2009-06-01T18:57:26.557

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What does “Data is just dumb code, and code is just smart data” mean?

terminology sicp

asked 2009-05-16T06:29:16.670

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What do the terms "CPU bound" and "I/O bound" mean?

optimization terminology

asked 2009-05-15T13:04:45.540

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API vs. Webservice

web-services terminology

asked 2009-04-30T18:35:39.830

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DTO, DAO, and DCO. What is a DCO?

java terminology acronym

asked 2009-04-17T09:20:21.813

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OOP Terminology: "Container" & "Collection"

java c++ oop terminology

asked 2009-03-29T09:42:53.217

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What are "downward funargs"?

functional-programming lisp terminology

asked 2009-02-24T10:09:08.233

38

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Where is the line between DAL and ORM?

orm terminology data-access-layer database-design

asked 2009-02-24T03:39:48.917

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often used seldom defined terms: lvalue

terminology language-theory

asked 2009-02-23T21:20:42.777

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What is a "static" function in C?

c function static terminology

asked 2009-02-17T18:26:02.043

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What is a coroutine?

concurrency language-agnostic terminology coroutine

asked 2009-02-16T15:36:43.613

Questions tagged terminology