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viewsWhat is HTML Outline (HTML Outlines)?
What is the function of an HTML sketch (HTML Outlines)? How he is formed? When? Could someone give me a profound explanation on the subject?…
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viewsWhat is the Technological Singularity?
Every time I read one news story related to artificial intelligence I came up with the word uniqueness, and along with it comes that Singularity Technology. I have already researched the term,…
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viewsWhat are the differences in ". NET"?
I took a look at this reply, but did not answer my question. As far as I know, there is .NET Framework, . NET Core, ASP.NET, . NET Standart and Mono but I don’t know the difference between them and…
.net terminology .net-core cross-platform portabilityasked 6 years, 8 months ago CypherPotato 9,292 -
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viewsWhat is an adjacent brother? In what does he differ from a brother knot?
One concept that confuses me when talking about HTML is that of adjacency, and of us brothers. What is the difference of brothers and adjacent brothers ?…
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viewsWhat is a reference location?
There are several answers here that talk about locality of reference, but do not explain what is. Where it is applied? And why it’s so important for data structures and algorithms?…
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viewsWhat is considered primitive in a programming language?
What is considered primitive in a programming language? Only the types or other language resources are also primitive?
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viewsParametric polymorphism and overload in Java and C++
The following question fell in IFSP’s tender procedure: In Java and C++ programming languages, parametric polymorphism is materialized, respectively, by the functionalities and/or characteristics:…
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viewsDeep, Machine Learning and AI. What are your differences?
About Deep Learning, Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence, what are your main differences? What are your principles? They are all who can learn and solve problems of their own nature? How to…
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viewsWhat is the correct term, key word or reserved word?
In programming we have certain "special words" that do specific things. These words are popularly called keywords or reserved words. What is the correct term for these words? Examples: if, double,…
terminologyasked 4 years, 10 months ago NinjaTroll 1,752 -
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viewsWhat is the meaning of the term "Hard Coded"?
What the term means Hard Coded? It is considered a bad programming practice? How to exemplify a code Hard Coded and its consequences from development to end-user use?…
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viewsWhat is the difference between data structures and abstract types of data?
I looked in some books and some Internet pages, but I couldn’t get a clear answer.
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viewsWhat is data modeling (data Modeling)?
What is data modeling (data Modeling)? In what context is it used? At what time of development it should begin to be done? Does it relate to object orientation? One opposes or complements the other?…
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viewsWhat is IEEE 754?
Here on the site, we have several examples of questions that talk about "problems" related to float or double, generally about the inaccuracy of the values returned in calculations, as these below:…
terminologyasked 3 years, 8 months ago Wallace Maxters 102,340 -
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viewsAdditional field in a Database table for removal
I created a database, in which I have some problems when I remove some data from the table. Example Sales stand: I have a salesman who’s been fired and I want to remove him from the comic book but I…
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viewsWhat are INDEX, B-Tree, hash, Gist, and GIN?
In the the Postgresql Manual has the following excerpt : Postgresql provides the index methods B-Tree, hash, Gist, and GIN. Postgresql provides the B-Tree, hash, Gist and GIN index methods. But…
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viewsWhat do the terms MDI and SDI mean regarding the software interface?
What do the terms mean MDI (Multiple Document Interface) and SDI (Single Document Interfaces) regarding the software interface? I read about it, but I’m still confused about the terms, perhaps for…
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viewsWhat is Copyright really?
I use the MIT license and it has this format as an example in https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT: The MIT License (MIT) Copyright (c) <year> <copyright holders> Permission is ... I also…
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viewsDifference between full and full binary tree
What is the difference between a full binary tree and a full binary tree?
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viewsWhen to use the term "url" or "link"?
These days I started a "little debate" here in IT on this subject. I realized that several functions, where we returned the image path (to the browser), was named getImageLink. For example: public…
terminologyasked 8 years, 1 month ago Wallace Maxters 102,340 -
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viewsTuples in a database
I know what a Python tuple is but not in a database, so follow the question: What is a tuple in the database context?
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viewsIn the Web context what is a proxy?
How to work with this technology and what its use on the day of a web application is in the case of client or server ? Use cases can be in any language, just for understanding its functioning.…
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viewsWhat would be DSN?
Whenever I see someone preparing some configuration for database, I see appearing the term DSN. I see it happening in the parameters of PDO (class to connect to PHP Database). Example: $dsn =…
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viewsAre Quias the differences between Web App, Native App and Hybrid App?
Whenever I do research on mobile development I come across three terms that appear a lot in the surveys. Those terms are: Web App Native App Hybrid App And this generated me some doubts that I would…
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viewsWhat does a double precision variable mean?
I would like to understand the meaning of a variable of double precision.
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viewsWhat is embedded programming?
Reading a book about programming practices, at a certain point an excerpt about embedded programming. It doesn’t go into detail, but it talks a little bit about programming in microcontrollers and…
terminologyasked 7 years, 8 months ago viana 27,141 -
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viewsWhat is ABI? Does it have anything to do with API?
I am reading that answer because I am currently studying C++. I was trying to understand the difference C and C++. In the quoted answer, I came across the term ABI. Until then I knew about API, but…
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viewsWhat is type and state inheritance?
Recently in a Java simulation, I came across a question related to inheritance classification, which I had never seen before. Taking the opportunity, I will separate into topics, so that the answer…
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viewsWhat good is an Inker?
Some languages use a Linker or likeditor as it is also called. What is its function and its relation to the compiler? Why some languages do not have a Linker?…
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viewsWhat would be a PID?
I’m starting to study desktop applications. I had a certain question about how I could know if a particular application is running and I was told that I could use the PID, as a solution, to detect…
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viewsWhat is the difference between Traffic Light and Monitor?
I have a doubt in the concept of these two structures. What would be the difference between them? Which is faster? And which is easier to use? Could you give me a basic example of each?…
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viewsWhat are function-oriented metrics?
Reading a little bit about Software Engineering, in one of the paragraphs, cites a little bit about function-oriented metrics or functionality, but nothing in-depth. There’s even a question in this…
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viewsWhat is code golf?
Looking at the tags on the site, I come across the tag code-golf, I read the brief explanation: code-golf Use this tag when only when the question has a relation irrefutable to Code Golf Code…
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viewsWhat is a Circuitbreaker?
I’ve seen some definitions about Circuitbreaker, but I still don’t understand how to use it and I have my doubts. What is the best case scenario to be applied? What should be aborted to be fully…
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viewsWhat is the role of parameters?
I know the concept of função and procedimentos, but I’m having a little trouble understanding the role of parameters.
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viewsI could not understand very well the encapsulation in the POO
I took a course in programming logic and now I’m doing logic OO, but it’s come to the encapsulation part and I’m having a little bit of trouble understanding. What it would be and how it’s used?…
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viewsWhat is the meaning of the acronyms SISD, SIMD, MISD, MIMD? What is your relationship with programming?
In some answers and questions I see quotations to these acronyms. They usually fit in the following table: | Single data | Multiple data Single instruction | SISD | SIMD Multiple instruction | MISD…
terminology parallelism architecture-computersasked 6 years, 11 months ago Jefferson Quesado 22,370 -
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viewsAfter all, is Java a platform or a programming language?
I see various materials referring to Java as a technology (platform) and others as a programming language.
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viewsSurrogate Key and Natural Key
I’m studying about data Warehouse, but I was confused about the concepts of SK and NK. From what I understand, in a DW, a natural key would be a column like foregin key in the table dimension, of…
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viewsWhat’s the difference between socket and port?
Developing a app service-oriented, I came across the following question: What is the difference between door and socket within the computational framework?
terminology socket connection networks architecture-computersasked 6 years, 8 months ago Alexandro Campos 81 -
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viewsWhat is Feature Driven Development (FDD)?
I was researching about BDD, TDD and DDD and came across FDD (Feature Driven Development), after all: What is FDD? It has some relationship with BDD, TDD and DDD?…
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viewsMeaning of "code acting on data" and "data controlling access to code"
This is a purely theoretical question about programming. I would like to know from an example simple (response with complement of figures, drawings, etc.), the meaning of two sentences for two types…
oop terminology software-engineering encoding-style structured-programmingasked 5 years, 11 months ago neves 5,644 -
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viewsWhat is Tree Depth and height?
I asked the question What is Breadth First and Depth First?. Perhaps a slightly simpler subject matter would be what are the depth and height of a tree structure. And why this matters in the data…
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viewsWhat is Data Science?
The Stack Overflow matrix has a site called Data Science SE. I, who am an active member of the tag R, I realize that there are few discussions on this subject elsewhere in the Brazilian version of…
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viewsWhat is a convention on configuration?
Currently I see that some frameworks, libraries and systems use the concept of convention on configuration, from which I raised the following questions What is a configuration convention? What are…
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viewsIs every anonymous function a closure?
Every anonymous function is considered a closure or only those that refer to the context where they were created are? I wish I knew that to distinguish them correctly. I know the concepts and the…
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viewsWhat would be something "native"?
I’ve read many posts and articles talking that one language, framework, editor or anything else is "native". So my question is: What is something native? Is that good or bad? There are advantages…
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viewsWhat are the differences between Decorators and Attributes?
I asked a question recently about the use of attributes that was introduced in PHP 8. Attributes to me end up not sounding like novelty, because I remember seeing something like that when I worked…
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viewsHow to read/translate the Yield keyword?
I’m studying about the keyword Yield in C#, and I have this question: how to read this word in Portuguese (structured?). Would something like "return the current value of the enumerator"? Wouldn’t…
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viewsWhat are digraphs in C?
Based on the question of graphs, what are digraphs? Why were they created? What are the sequences? Current compilers still allow you to use them?…
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viewsWhat’s a noodle code?
Sometimes I see some programmers using this term. Is macaroni code a bad or messy code? I don’t know if he has any relationship with spaghetti code. What is the meaning of these terms ?…