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Questions tagged [glossary]

list of terms and definitions used in a larger document

Questions with this tag commonly seek an automated tool for generating a glossary from the corpus.

What is a glossary? an alphabetical list of terms in a particular domain of knowledge with the definitions for those terms.

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Functional programming and non-functional programming

In my second year of University we were "taught" Haskell, I know almost nothing about it and even less about functional programming. What is functional programming, why and/xor where would I want to use it instead of non-functional programming and…
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What is object marshalling?

I have heard this concept used frequently, but I don't have a really good grasp of what it is.
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What is a language binding?

My good friend, Wikipedia, didn't give me a very good response to that question. So: What are language bindings? How do they work? Specifically accessing functions from code written in language X of a library written in language Y.
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What makes a language Object-Oriented?

Since debate without meaningful terms is meaningless, I figured I would point at the elephant in the room and ask: What exactly makes a language "object-oriented"? I'm not looking for a textbook answer here, but one based on your experiences with OO…
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What is the difference between Dataflow programming and Reactive programming?

I really can't see the difference between them. They are both about data flowing through instructions and the propagation of changes in the input data. I've read this book (authored by Matt Carcki) and it clearly says that they are both the same. On…
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What is a selector engine?

I've seen news of John Resig's fast new selector engine named Sizzle pop up in quite a few places, but I don't know what a selector engine is, nor have any of the articles given an explanation of what it is. I know Resig is the creator of jQuery,…
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What is a mock and when should you use it?

I just read the Wikipedia article on mock objects, but I'm still not entirely clear on their purpose. It appears they are objects that are created by a test framework when the actual object would be too complex or unpredictable (you know 100% sure…
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What is MVC (Model View Controller)?

I've heard the term MVC (Model View Controller) tossed about with a ton of Buzz lately, but what really is it?
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Is there a glossary of Word .docx XML tags?

I'm trying to create a parser to find the tracked changes and author of a Word .docx file... I found the document.xml but there are so many tags! Is there a glossary somewhere to what all those tags stand for? I'd like to avoid brute forcing my way…
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Example for a simple LaTeX glossary

I'm trying to include a simple glossary to my LaTeX document, I already searched for something like that on google, but never got it running. I would like to use glossary or glossaries. how to write it in the text? how to print it? what to execute…
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What is a data binding?

What is a data binding?
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What constitutes 'real time'

I am having trouble deciding on whether to classify my application as 'real time' or 'near real time', or perhaps even something else. The software receives data immediately as it is generated from the source, then based on certain rules, raises an…
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What is ASP.NET?

I've been strictly in a C++ environment for years (and specialized statistical languages). Visual Studio until 2001, and Borland since. Mostly specialized desktop applications for clients. I'm not remaining willfully ignorant of it, but over the…
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What is the difference between a property and an instance variable?

I think I've been using these terms interchangably / wrongly!
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In Sphinx, how can I create a linkable "terminology" section without massive overhead?

I want to create a "terminology" section with definitions for terms that I'm using such that every time I use the terms in this terminology section, a link is created that points to the definition. Currently, the best I can think up is: .. |flavor|…
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