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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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I need a name for something like 'debounce', but not quite the same

Here's an interesting one. I'm working with FRP, and looking at the 'debounce' methods in various libraries (jQuery, Bacon.js). I started working with this, and found it almost does what I need, but with a subtle difference. Here's my understanding…
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Domain name nomenclature

I want to refer to different parts of a domain, but do not know the names of the various parts. The RFC's on DNS don't seem to be explicit about this issue. Given the domain: www.google.com "com" is called the generic Top level domain. What do we…
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What does "Wbem" and "SWbem" mean in the WMI Scripting API?

In the Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) Scripting API, constant names start with "Wbem", and object names start with "SWbem". What do these abbreviations stand for?
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English translation of */**

*/** is read by my brain as "Give me everything in this directory and everything in it's directories, then EVERYTHING in all of their nested directories." But by that definition, ** should just give me the entire tree and it is two characters…
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What's the name for a class that simply contains mixins?

Is there a name for a class that simply acts as a holder for mixins? A simple example in C++ would look like this: template class WhatsMyName : Mixins... { }; WhatsMyName doesn't have any functionality of its own, and is just a…
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In what category can we put X/Y or X:Y in Prolog

if I use something like this in Prolog test(X/Y). or test(X:Y). So X:Y and X/Y are considered as a variable, or as a string? In what category we can put it?
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Relation Between the Different Types in Haskell

From my understanding, there are 4 "types" in Haskell: Algebraic data type with data Data type constructors (what's after the = in the data types; not types technically, I don't think) Type alias with type Typeclasses with class Type instances with…
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Is there a name for this design pattern?

There's a specific snippet of code that I often use for recycling objects in a list based on a data provider. I thought of making a class to run through the snippet, using a given class to handle each step. This problem is... I don't know what to…
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Is there a name for a data table composed of a list of map objects?

In dynamic languages, a map is often interchangeable with an object so a list of map objects is extremely common--it seems to be the default way to store a table. For instance, in Groovy querying a database table without a predefined mapping returns…
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URL nomenclature: Naming a certain part of an URL

I just can't get my head around a handy term to name the beginning part of an URI: http://sub.domain.com/ ... The official nomenclature of the various parts of my URI example is well known to me (protocol/scheme, host name made up of subdomain,…
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What are the names of interrupt service routines for the msp430 series of microcontrollers?

Is there a comprehensive list of names of interrupt service routines (ISR), specifically for msp430F5438A? Any help would be appreciated, thanks.
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SQL JOIN : Technical name for table identifier

When I use A.column name, B.Column name where A = Table A and B = Table B , what is the technical name for the A.Column name? Is it a prefix, identifier or what else?
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Presentation layer / Public Services layer. A common term?

While defining our application architecture (which contains both web UI and external web services) we stumbled upon our inability to find a common name for the topmost layer. It is quite clear that there are DAL (data access layer) and BLL (business…
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What are "third-party modules"?

In researching the tool distutils I stumbled on the term "third-party module". What does that mean?
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Message queue architecture, security and naming of queues. MQTT

I'm getting started with RabbitMQ, using the MQTT protocol. I want users of my web app to be able to receive real time notifications. I am unsure of how to implement this. I am thinking that a "tickle" will come through telling the browser there is…
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