Questions tagged as 'terminologia'

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What is it and what are the advantages of Currying?

This is a very widespread concept in functional languages, but what exactly is it? Why is it advantageous? Bonus point : Is it possible to use it in non-functional languages? Or more generically, in languages that do not have specific fac...
asked by 12.06.2014 / 18:59
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Meaning of "__"

In the Linux kernel implementation , I came across this statement on the line 89: #define _THIS_IP_ ({ __label__ __here; __here: (unsigned long)&&__here; }) I know that in C , symbols starting with a _ followed by a ca...
asked by 28.09.2016 / 21:26
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R is an object-oriented language?

A theoretical question of who uses (and does not use) r is whether this programming language is (or is not) object oriented. I've seen comments in SOen that said the following: r is not object oriented, but a functional languag...
asked by 05.12.2018 / 01:38
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What is a deterministic and non-deterministic algorithm?

What is a deterministic and non-deterministic algorithm? What are the characteristics of both? Is it possible to implement both in any language?    OBS: if possible, exemplify with some implementation     
asked by 08.12.2015 / 14:09
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What is a regular expression?

In many codes I see functions with a set of special characters that seem to have a function of their own. I see this in almost every language, so what is it anyway, a class, a library, or what then? Although there is a response in this qu...
asked by 20.02.2017 / 08:34
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What does "region above the fold" mean?

On the developers google page there are several quotes to this term: "Structure your HTML to load only the critical content of the region above the fold first " What would this region be like above the fold? what part of the HTML would it be?...
asked by 13.07.2015 / 16:37
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Is there a difference between Program, Thread and Process?

I would like to know if there is a difference between Thread , Process and Program ? These three words are widely used in the area of Information Technology, so it would be interesting to know the difference between each one if it exists,...
asked by 29.05.2016 / 06:23
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What is the difference between Association, Aggregation and Composition in OOP?

About relationships between classes, what's the difference between Association, Aggregation and Composition?     
asked by 13.09.2015 / 20:25
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What is elegant coding?

I always see some answers to questions suggesting that if you do something x is more elegant than the form y. I started to think what would be elegant in our context. 9 pages of 50 records with the term: link Dictionary:    which i...
asked by 23.12.2016 / 14:18
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What are metadata in C #?

What are metadata in C # / .NET? What are they good for, and how can I use them? I was looking at a template of Visual Studio, and browsing through the files, I came across them.     
asked by 07.01.2016 / 05:04