Questions tagged as 'terminologia'

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What is the difference between a branch and a tag?

No git , what is the difference between branch and tag ?     
asked by 13.08.2015 / 16:48
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What is a Web Service?

Lately I've heard a lot about Web Service.    Web service is a solution used in systems integration and communication between different applications. They allow applications to send and receive data in XML format.       Web service is a...
asked by 02.10.2015 / 16:33
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Ajax is not a programming language. So what is it?

I'm asking this question because I've had enough of seeing things as requirements for a particular programming job:    You need to know the languages PHP, Javascript, CSS and AJAX I've already learned that Ajax is not a programmi...
asked by 02.03.2016 / 15:28
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What is Design Pattern?

I'm starting my studies in the area of Software Engineering, I heard a lot about the term Design Patterns and their applicability and importance in software projects. Here is a definition:    In software engineering, a design pattern or des...
asked by 05.11.2015 / 14:36
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What is a JITter?

In the context of software development what is a JITter? More and more people are talking about it and several languages are using the much-talked about JIT compilation. How does it differ from a compiler?     
asked by 09.08.2016 / 14:32
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What is the meaning of branch, tag, and trunk?

What do they mean and what are the best practices for using them?     
asked by 11.06.2014 / 19:52
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What is the difference between endpoint and API?

I've always used endpoint and API as synonyms. Today I discovered that they do not mean the same thing, although they are related. After all, what's the difference between these two?     
asked by 11.09.2015 / 15:18
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What is a loose comparison?

In documentation of PHP, about switch says:    Note : Note that switch / case does loose comparison . What is a loose comparison? And what's the difference between a loose and a rigid comparison?     
asked by 26.06.2017 / 19:15
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What is orthogonality?

Within the context of software development what does it mean to be orthogonal? Why is it important to follow it?     
asked by 06.04.2017 / 13:43
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Difference between% i and% d

Is there any difference between printf("%d", x); and printf("%i", x); ? I know the two return the same result, does it have some sort of convention adopted to always use %d ?     
asked by 12.09.2016 / 20:41