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viewsClass and interface difference
What is the difference between class and interface and when I should use one or the other?
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viewsAre there differences between Post and Request?
When I read regarding the request I always get the term post together, and that raises me a doubt. I understand that the request serves to make a request for something to the server and then the…
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viewsWhat are ASP.NET MVC routes?
In ASP.NET MVC always appears to me the term route when I read something related to this technology, however, I started studying APS.NET MVC recently and this term route is causing me trouble.…
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viewsWho is who in the use of functions?
I have searched a lot, and has a lot of good content here, which covers this topic, however I still can not understand the functioning. The characters I’m referring to are: Function Parameters…
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viewsWhat is Threadpool all about?
I’m studying Threads in Java, and came across the following code: ExecutorService threadPool = Executors.newFixedThreadPool(10); for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++) threadPool.submit(new…
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viewsWhat is a recursive function?
I’ve always heard that recursion is an intelligent idea that plays a central role in functional programming and computer science in general. From what I understand, briefly, there is recursion…
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viewsWhat is a lock and what are its causes?
I often come across the term: Table x is with lock. What it means and what its causes?
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viewsWhat is an event handler?
I have read what is an event, but then I saw that there are event handlers, Event Handler. What is a Event Handler? What they’re for and where they’re used for? Exist in all languages?…
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viewsWhat is SPA and what is different from a non-SAP page?
Reading this other post from the OS that talks about: applications isomorphic, is commented on in a reply about SPA. What is a Single Page Application? And what is the difference between a SPA page…
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viewsIs there any nomenclature for variables defined by underline/underscore?
I know that there are some rules and conventions for the nomenclature of variables in programming, such as Camelcase, Pascalcase, etc.... What is the term used for a compound name variable (words…
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viewsWhat is Data Mining?
Well, the title says it all: What is Data Mining?
terminologyasked 7 years, 3 months ago igventurelli 4,441 -
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viewsWhat is a T-SQL query?
In the Stack Exchange Data Explorer, specifically in the first line it says: Click the Compose Query button up there and start Typing your T-SQL query [...] That in free translation would be: Click…
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viewsWhat is SSH and what are its advantages over HTTPS?
Some services offer client-server connection through SSH (Secure Shell). What is this SSH? One case is Github, which recommends SSH even though it already offers HTTPS, but HTTPS seems much easier…
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viewsWhat is the Spectre?
The Spectre is a security breach that compromises a large amount of systems. What is? How it works? What kind of systems and devices are vulnerable? What can be done to defend yourself against him?…
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viewsWhat is an embedded database (Embedded)?
what is an embedded database, and what we call the "unbuilt"? For example: I’m trying to create a database by the H2 Database Engine, and it has two database options: Embedded or Server. You could…
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viewsWhat are the delegates?
In iOS programming it is common to use structures that act as delegates. One of them, for example, is the UITextFieldDelegate. This class, according to documentation, informs the implementor of…
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viewsWhat is a Distributed System
In my distributed system class, SOAP and REST web-services and other topics in this field are discussed. However, I can’t understand what a Distributed System, I don’t know if it’s a combination of…
terminologyasked 6 years, 8 months ago gato 22,329 -
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viewsDeadlock concept in Java
I came across the term deadlock in Java. But, I can’t understand it. So I would like to ask these questions: What is a deadlock? Why and how to avoid a deadlock?
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viewsWhat is a Pentester?
Browsing the internet, I saw some hackers talking that they work or worked as Pentesters and I would like to understand more about this profession. There is some difference between Pentester, Hacker…
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viewsWhat is the MQTT protocol?
These days I’ve heard of a communication protocol called MQTT. For me it sounded like news and I would like to ask some questions: What is the MQTT? He uses TCP? It has some difference in relation…
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viewsWhat are algebraic data types (algebraic data types or Adts)?
Eventually I read in some articles related to functional programming the term algebraic data types, but I don’t really know what they are and I end up getting a little lost. What are algebraic data…
terminology typing functional-programming type-theory algebraic-typesasked 3 years, 11 months ago Luiz Felipe 32,886 -
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viewsWhat is BFF (Back-end For Front-end)?
This is a term that I have come across several times and I recently saw that this term was cited as a requirement for a job vacancy for a junior dev. I don’t know if that would be absurd, to demand…
terminology software-engineering software-architectureasked 3 years, 6 months ago Cmte Cardeal 5,299 -
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viewsWhat’s a POC in C#?
I received a request to make a POC email, but before doing so I would like to know what a POC in C#. If there is content on the internet for the same. P.S.: I don’t want the solution, I just want to…
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viewsWhat does Java FE and BE mean?
I’m starting with the Java language and today I came across a text mentioning Java (FE and BE). What do these acronyms mean?
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viewsCMD, Console, MS-DOS and related terms
Well, you have embarrassed all the concepts that I’m going to list below, and I would like to present the definition of these terms, maybe some are synonymous with others and others are totally…
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viewsWhat is a Software Artifact?
In Software Engineering, much is heard about the term Software Artifact. I researched about it and found the following definition: An article or artifact is one of several types of by-products…
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viewsWhat’s a Seeder for?
I saw in the Laravel that there is a folder called database. In it we have the Migrations and the Seeds. I understand that Migrations are migrations, are codes that provide specifications for…
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viewsWhat is the name of the concept employed in this code?
If I create for example two classes and place the class Funcionario with a variable Empregado in class Empresa, what this means and what it serves? class Funcionario { String nome; String cpf; }…
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viewsWhat is the relationship between ERI and relational databases?
What is the relationship between ERI and relational database?
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viewsWhat does the term "routing" mean in the context of MVC architecture?
I’m beginning in the study of this architecture and came across this term : routing. Edit I need some framework to develop based on this architecture ?…
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viewsWhat is cloud computing data redundancy?
What is data redundancy, when it refers to cloud computing and what is its importance for the service?
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viewsIn operating systems, what is the difference between I/O and I/O operations?
I have some doubts in distinguishing these two operations, they are similar but I think not the same, although both have to do with input and output of something "something".
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viewsWhat is a Shim?
When asking about "what is a Polyfill?", bumped between comments and searches with the term Shim. What would be a Shim? What is the relation of the term Shim with the term polyfill? Shim is directly…
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viewsWhat is abstraction from a framework?
In another question I asked here on Stack Overflow about organizing folders in a particular project, I received a comment saying: Folder structure ends up being a more "personal" footprint, the…
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viewsAre there differences between the terms Thread, Multithread, Async and Await?
I asked that question here at Stack Ooverflow: What is the solution for asynchronous PHP processes? I did it because I wanted that in the middle of a process execution, I wanted to have a certain…
terminology thread multithreading async asynchronousasked 7 years, 5 months ago Wallace Maxters 102,340 -
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viewsHow do web hosting systems work?
I am creating a website and I would like to host it, but I have some questions because I have heard that the hosting has monthly access limits or limits in the size of the databases. So I’d like to…
terminologyasked 7 years, 5 months ago Anderson Santos 475 -
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viewsWhat is a boolean?
What exactly is Boolean? Could you give practical examples? It makes a difference to write true or True?
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viewsWhat is a 3rd Party and what is its importance for traditional application development?
Although there is a definition in wikipedia, most often, this term is co-related to game development. Due to the specific way the term is treated, the question arises whether this concept is applied…
terminologyasked 7 years, 4 months ago Paulo Sérgio Duff 1,201 -
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viewsWhat is Hungarian Notation?
I was reading an article about development and the same was talking about this notation. I would like to know the definition and whether it is important to use it in the development of programmes.…
terminologyasked 7 years, 2 months ago Daniel Gentil 1,484 -
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viewsWhat is Crow’s Foot about the database?
In the database class the teacher mentioned a term called Crow’s Foot, and this term left me confused. I’d like to know what Crow’s Foot is about Database?
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viewsAn instrumentation test is an integration test?
I saw some videos where they explain how to test the call of an activity by another activity. I took the following test and, after a reflection, I wasn’t sure if the test I ran was for integration,…
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viewsTechnology, Platform and Language, what are they and how do they relate?
Technology, Platform and Language are terms used to characterize various "aspects" of the "world of programming". What exactly does each of them refer to? What unites and/or separates them?…
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viewsWhat is a view-port?
In this my question the user Guilherme Nascimento mentioned a term called view-port in its response to a div and its CSS, this term is unknown to me and has given me some doubts. Doubts What is…
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viewsWhat is an Engine?
I read an article about Razor. That article says it’s a engine view, but what comes to be a engine? According to the article Razor is a new syntax that works with CSS and HTML to make life easier…
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viewsWhat is an Adjacency Matrix?
Whenever read something in relation to graph theory I stumble upon a term called Adjacency matrix, it seems to me that this is strongly related to this theory. Therefore, I would like to know more…
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viewsWhat is the difference between SCHEMA and DATABASE?
I had never used Mysql Workbench and it instead of database, gives me the option of SCHEMA. What is the difference between the two? It gives in the same one or the other?
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viewsWhat is and what is the explanation for type-safe in C#?
Not being able to understand the concept of type-safe in C# and what is its use, since C# is type-safe.
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viewsWhat is the difference between a Warehouse date and a Lake date?
Considering the concepts of data Warehouse and of data Lake, what notable differences we can cite between them?
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viewsWhat is a fault tolerant (fault tolerance) system?
When talking about high-scale systems, much is heard of having a fault-tolerant system (fault-Tolerant). See the description of the Elixir programming language: Elixir is built on top of the Erlang…
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viewsWhat is the difference between extension and library in PHP?
In PHP there are some extensions within the language. For example, the SPL, to PHAR and the PDO are some of these extensions. Basically, my doubts are as follows:: What’s the difference between an…
php terminology characteristic-language library extensionasked 5 years, 11 months ago raphael 2,131