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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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Is there a name for a pure-data Objective-C class?

This is less of a code-specific question and more of an Objective-C nomenclature question. In C you have struct for pure data. In Enterprise Java, you have "bean" classes that are purely member variables with getters and setters, but no business…
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In what language is there a "guard" keyword or concept?

I recently tried to understand a C++ program that was written by somebody who I assume had a background in functional programming: For example, he had declared a closure class which he extensively used and which does somewhat resemble what is known…
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Why "class" for class in Java?

Why did the creators of Java use the name "class" for the classes in Java? Where does this term come from?
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template rebinding vs. late template binding or how to call piggy backing a template in a type

Often conceptually a template must be passed as a type argument and the compiler complains because this is not legal c++ - at least until and including c++11 (Update II: except see last example of non specialized template definition) These concepts…
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Test whether a file name has the correct naming convention in Python

How can I test whether a file name has the correct naming convention in Python? Say I want file names to end with the string _v and then some number and then .txt. How would I do that? I have some example code which expresses my idea, but doesn't…
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Technical name for a region of memory with a fixed pattern for bounds checking?

I want to know if there is some technical name for those regions of extra memory that are allocated for debugging purposes and filled with special patterns, so they can be checked at runtime to see if have been overwritten (and thus detecting a…
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Parsing & compilation nomenclature

If I break down the compilation process for a C or C++ source file into these steps: A: Preprocessing. B: Tokenizing (collecting and listing keywords, identifiers, symbols, literals (strings, characters, numbers)). C: Assembling collected tokens…
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What is a linked list that defines no data storage called?

I'm using singly linked lists, in C, without the pointer to the node value. So, instead of: struct _node { struct _node * next; void* value; } node; I have struct _node { struct _node * next; } node; Is there a special name for lists like…
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OOP theory question :: $this->someVariable = $someValue

I was wondering what this statement actually does: $this->nameInObject = $someValue; So if you're inside a class object that has a variable "nameInObject", are you assigning a value of someValue to that instance of nameInObject? Is it only…
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Is there an established vocabulary for discussing subsets of nodes selected from a tree?

When writing algorithms to deal with subsets of nodes from a tree, it's necessary to identify characteristics of those nodes. For example, a particular subset may be a forest, and the algorithm could gain huge performance benefits by identifying the…
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CSS Syntax / Nomenclature

I do know how CSS works but I'm not sure how to call each component of the "selector". The more I search, the more I get confused. Every site has a different point of view or they just call everything the same thing. let's take the following as an…
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Nomenclature of configuration values which represent physical properties

I encounter many configuration values in the software I develop. I am looking for a term to call configuration points that map to physical properties. E.g, the height of a tunnel. The context would be around validating the logical v.s. actual…
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XML element names

I need to redefine an XML document and schema for my company. The document in question is split into a number of sections that each contain information about a medication, for example; overview of dose info doses for elderly…
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Filename naming nomenclature in Java

There seems to be a large number of non-consistent conventions referring to parts of a filename based on platform, programming language, etc. PHP uses one terminology, POSIX something else, etc. Is there an accepted standard in Java? For example,…
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What does the "Lia" variable stand for in Matlab?

For example, we see in the documentation for ismember: [Lia,Locb] = ismember(A,B) The Locb seems to stand for "location in B". What is the meaning of Lia? Could it be something like "line in A"?
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