Nomenclature is a term that applies to either a list of names or terms, or to the system of principles, procedures and terms related to naming.
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Naming conventions: "State" versus "Status"
Quick question: I'd like to hear your thoughts on when to use "State" versus "Status" when naming both fields such as "Foo.currentState" vs "Foo.status" and types, like "enum FooState" vs "enum FooStatus". Is there a convention discussed out there?…
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What is the difference between a heuristic and an algorithm?
What is the difference between a heuristic and an algorithm?
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What are the backticks `` called?
What are the backtick operators (``) called in the context of evaluating their content?
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What's the difference between abstraction and generalization?
I understand that abstraction is about taking something more concrete and making it more abstract. That something may be either a data structure or a procedure. For example:
Data abstraction: A rectangle is an abstraction of a square. It…
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What is the relation between GTK, GTK+ and GTK2?
I'm confused by the GTK terminology. According to Wikipedia, there seem to be bindings to GTK+ that are called GTK (GtkAda) and GTK2 (gtk2hs, Gtk2-Perl).
Could someone clear this up for me?
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What does "cdecl" stand for?
Yes, I know that "cdecl" is the name of a prominent calling convention, so please don't explain calling conventions to me. What I'm asking is what the abbreviation (?) "cdecl" actually stands for. I think it's a poor naming choice, because at first…
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Why is it called 'business logic'? Where did this term come from?
I'm going through all sorts of WPF documentation, and I'm feeling unnecessarily confused. The term 'business logic' is scattered throughout it, as if everyone should know what it is.
I can see what business logic is, according to this question…
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What is the definition of an absolute URL (fully qualified?)
There are (at least) three ways to link to a resource:
href="foo/bar.html"
href="/foo/bar.html"
href="http://example.com/foo/bar.html"
The first is a "relative url", no problem. But I've seen (2) and (3) both referred to as an "absolute url". …
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What are docstrings called in java?
Before Java methods we have something like:
/**
* Takes a number and returns its square root.
* @param x The value to square.
* @return The square root of the given number.
*/
public float getSqrt(float x) {
...
}
Does this have a name (like…
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What is the etymology of <*> from Applicative in Haskell?
Where did the name <*> first begin to appear in literature or code, and did it come with any explanation for the choice of symbol?
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Is there a "canonical" name for a function combining min() and max()?
I find that I frequently end up writing a function that I always call "clamp()", that is kind of a combination of min() and max(). Is there a standard, "canonical" name for this function?
It always looks something like this:
function clamp($val,…
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What is a function that takes no arguments called?
Is there a term that describes a function that takes no arguments more concisely than "function that takes no arguments"? (In the same way that e.g. "higher order function" means "function that takes functions as arguments or returns a function")
I…
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Before-the-dot-in-a-file-name, what is it called?
After-the-dot-in-a-file-name, it is called extension.
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What do . (dot) and % (percentage) mean in R?
My question might sound stupid but I have noticed that . and % is often used in R and to be frank I don't really know why it is used.
I have seen it in dplyr (go here for an example) and data.table (i.e. .SD) but I am sure it must be used in other…
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What does QD stand for in DNS RFC1035
I was just curious about the nomenclature of certain variables part of DNS's RFC: https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1035.txt
While I was able to find most other acronyms :
AN in ANCOUNT seems stands for Answer
NS in NSCOUNT stands for Name Server
AR in…
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