Questions tagged [terminology]
Questions about the meaning or usage of programming terms.
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Terminology for ordinal index versus dataframe index
I've set up a dataframe:
df = pd.DataFrame({'Name': ['Alice', 'Bob', 'Aritra'],
'Age': [25, 30, 35],
'Location': ['Seattle', 'New York', 'Kona']},
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What the difference between "package" and "archive"? [closed]
I know that archive represents file that contains other files with some metadata, but I can't understand what is package? Wiki says that package are one of the archive types that uses by package ...
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In haskell, an argument is applied to a function or a function to an argument?
I've been reading some haskell books and they allways say something like "this function is going to be applied to this argument", but I was ignoring this for I thought it was more intuitive ...
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Why is navigator.onLine camelcased?
After briefly pulling my hair over navigator.online resolving to undefined in Chrome, I then found out from the spec that the correct variable is navigator.onLine. Relevant MDN: https://developer....
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Common term for lib.exe and ar commands
I wanted to ask this question on meta but it appears it's more appropriate to ask here:
Microsoft's lib.exe is used to create static libraries.
Under Linux the ar program is used for same.
What's the ...
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Umbrella term for attributes, methods and properties?
Object oriented programming uses these terms for similar concepts:
attribute: variable associated with an object (apparently also called field)
method: function associated with an object
property: ...
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Which part is considered 'parsing' of a response, and what is the other complimentary part called?
Consider the following generic examples of web scraping code
# 1. Sending a request
url = 'https://example.com'
response = requests.get(url)
# 2. 'Parsing' of the response
soup = BeautifulSoup(...
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Precise definitions of promotion and lifting
In the literature on typed functional programming, these terms appear frequently, and their definitions seems to be assumed. I don't seem to be able to find it spelled out formally anywhere.
The first ...
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Usage of the Term 'directive' for Control Flow Statements
One article of a helpful JavaScript guide repeatedly refers to break and continue as 'directives', but I have only seen them referred to as 'control flow statements' before. What is the motivation for ...
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Is the SQL in brackets a scalar subquery? [duplicate]
I use GIS software that has a proprietary database called a File Geodatabase.
Their documentation https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/3.1/help/mapping/navigation/sql-reference-for-elements-used-in-query-...
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Common name for index for lexicographical sorting
Is there some common name for index for lexicographical sorting?
I have text and index to it sorted by lexicographical order of all substrings which start from specific position and last till the end ...
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Is there a common name for variables which are not local and not global?
According to Wikipedia
a global variable is a variable with global scope, meaning that it is
visible (hence accessible) throughout the program
What do we call a variable which is not local to any ...
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What is a "Scalar" in PowerShell
The term scalar is often used in PowerShell issues and documentation along with e.g. the about_Comparison_Operators document. I think, I do have an abstract understanding of its meaning (in fact I am ...
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What is the difference between C++ "data member" and "field"?
I am translator in company and often we have problem to understand the difference between the terms "data member" and "field".
Could you please describe what they are and how they ...
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What is the term for a function/operation that is reversible by using the same function again?
What do we call a function or operation that follows the same steps for transforming a value in either direction?
XOR is a simple example of this. Let's say my operation to prepare a byte for I/O is ...
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