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viewsWhat is Covariance, Contravariance and Invariance?
Reading this article by Microsoft I came across these three terms, with the following meanings (translation via Google Translate): Covariance Allows to use a type more derived than originally…
terminologyasked 7 years, 8 months ago Randrade 21,612 -
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viewsIs it incorrect to state that in a stack-type data structure, the element that will be removed from the structure is the one that is stored in the header?
In a data structure proof I had the following question: In a stack type data structure, the element that will be removed of the structure is the one that is stored a) longer ago. b) less time ago.…
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viewsWhat is a statically typed language?
After reading a statement that weakly typed languages were bad, I researched the subject, and eventually discovered the term "statically typed". Here, in this SO question in English, it is said…
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viewsWhat is an interface?
Background (TL;DR): I’m working on an ASP.NET project legacy, I was testing some features of it when I got an error in the browser console: Failed to load resource: the server responded with a…
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viewsWhat is a cipher?
Several times I find some questions related to ciphers here in the ORpt. However I did not find any definition of it. So, What would be a cipher and what its function? I saw that there are several…
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viewsWhat is tracking pixel?
I had recently spoken with a friend about tracking pixel, but I don’t understand exactly what it is and how it works. Today I came across the question, what is Beacon, and researching falls into the…
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viewsWhat is it and what do you do with each of these SHA-1, SHA-256, HASH, MD5 on a day-to-day basis?
What is and what is done with each of these SHA-1, SHA-256, HASH, MD5 on a day to day basis?
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viewsI would like to understand what OLTP is
They asked me this question: What is OLTP? I ran home, opened google and started to "goolgar", so I came across these codes, who say they have problems in OLTP environments and I’m not understanding…
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viewsCorrect Nomenclature of User Groups of a System
I am designing a system that will have several modules. It is possible until these modules are separated into different applications. Then came a doubt I had before but I could not get the answer:…
terminology modeling pattern-design software-architectureasked 6 years, 4 months ago Please_Dont_Bully_Me_SO_Lords 516 -
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viewsWhat does "sort an array" mean, either by rows or columns?
What it means to "sort an array", whether by rows or columns?
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viewsFormal definition of operations = and ==
What is the formal definition of the use of = and of == in Python? I can identify in the examples when I have to use which, but when I try to identify these operations by a formal definition as…
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viewsWhat are the differences between Value Objects and entities in object orientation?
I would like to know the differences between the concepts of Value Objects and entities in object orientation. NOTE: The question is not whether the use of these concepts are good or not, the doubt…
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viewsWhat is the name given to an unsigned "overflow"?
Considering that answer in Soen would like to know what the nomenclature of when it occurs to try to store a value greater than the type unsigned int can contain as the result will be module…
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viewsWhat are Containers and Docker?
What are Containers and Docker in a developer’s view? what they are used for and how important they are in a software project?
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viewsWhat is the meaning of the "raced" result in Firefox?
I was doing some tests for cache control in my web application and started receiving the result raced in Firefox 68.0.1.…
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viewsWhat is a Service Class? And what would a Service be in that context?
What would be the best formal definition for Class of Service? Still in this context, what would be a Service and the conditions for this class to be named? I realized that is a term widely used but…
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viewsWhat’s the difference between Owner and Parent?
I want to know the difference Owner for Parent at Delphi?
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viewsTranslation of the word Portable referring to a programming language
In Computing, in English, the adjective is used portable to qualify a programming language that can be easily used on different platforms, allowing the same program to run on these platforms without…
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viewsDifference between operating system and mobile platform
I have looked elsewhere for this information, but I have not been able to clarify it. I would like to know the difference between operating system and mobile platform. For example, I always hear…
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viewsIs there a difference between core and CPU? If so, which(is)?
The configurations of a computer say that there are two cores and three processors, and thought they were synonymous terms, but by that indicates no. If I may briefly explain your differences, I…
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viewsA query per request or a query only for N requests?
I honestly do not know if I am asking a very obvious question, that face we look and talk like this: Obviously the dynamic query by request is better! But come on... The application We are talking…
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viewsIs there a difference between First and Single?
There are some differences between First and Single? the return of the two consultations are equal? And in the performance between the two is the same? Which of the two expressions is best used?…
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viewsWhat is neural network in programming?
I have been doing a lot of research lately on neural networks in programming and there are few references to neural networks in programming in Brazil. In addition, there are few examples of neural…
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viewsWhat is an iterator?
In PHP , when I need a certain class to have a certain behavior in the call foreach, i implement an interface called Generator. In Python seems to exist as well __iter__, that changes the behavior…
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viewsWhat is a vision document?
I would like to know what a vision document is? Note: I searched the internet and I believe that the explanations I found were not enough for me to begin to understand. This is because they did not…
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viewsSpecification? What is the best term?
In programming the term is used specification to include features a system has, but need to know the term for when to go to a site, for example: The site may have up to 5 pages, includes contact…
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viewsWhat are the Ibraries?
I was exploring the Windows system folder and saw the directory /lib/ wanted to know what she is and if in fact she is a directory library and more I wanted to know what they are Libraries and what…
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viewsvirtualapp/didlogical - What is it?
Hello, I was researching on other ways to manage credentials of the programs I use (github for example), I found and was editing on Windows Credentials/Generic Credentials, found a Redential of…
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viewsWhat is the difference between operating code (opcode) and instruction set (Instruction set)
What’s the difference between them? I know they both show commands that exist in each architecture.
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viewsWhat is the real complexity behind Sleep Sort compared to the others?
I know this is my first question here on stackoverflow in English. However I missed the mention of this algorithm called Sleep-Sort. From what I know its origin is "supposedly" unknown because the…
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viewsWhat would be the Zig language?
What is Zig? And what is it for? Is this a new version of Rust? 'Cause it looks a lot like Rust. It’s a clone? It’s better than C/C++?
terminology characteristic-language language-designasked 3 years, 9 months ago Matheus C. França 109 -
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viewsWhat term use 'date' or 'create_at'?
Contextualizing: I have the following table and store the creation date in the attribute date. +------------+ | Operation | +------------+ | id | | amount | | type | | date | | product_id |…