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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Aggregating JavaScript array into several arrays with different element lengths?
I have an array with 101 values (representing people aged 0-100).
What would be a preferably fast and simple way of building these aggregated arrays in one go:
var input = [55,33,12 .. 98 more]
var output = {
//same as input
i1 = [],
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OPP nomenclature question: object->function($param)
In OOP, what do call it when you do:
$o = new ClassInstance();
$o->someFunction($p);
For example, I would say I'm passing the parameter p to the function someFunction. Easy.
But how do you articulate the calling of a function in the class…
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Issues with the nomencl package [LATEX]
So I am using the nomencl package to define variables throughout my thesis.
After i run PdfLatex once, I run makeindex Skeleton.nlo -s nomencl.ist -o Skeleton.nls
to generate the index for the nomencl package. This works fine, but instead of e. g.…
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Python: Proper nomenclature
In order to use a classifier (e.g. KNeighborsClassifier) in Python, it is necessary to type
from sklearn.neighbors import KNeighborsClassifier
I am not sure if sklearn is a module, package or class? What is sklearn.neighbors called? And finally,…
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Terminology for a logical pairing of 2 binary bits
Four bits is a nibble and eight bits is a byte. Is there any formal or established nomenclature for a logical pairing of two bits?
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Name of iOS list element that rakes with scroll
In iOS, what do you call that element that attaches to the top of the screen when you scroll past it in a list (think the single letters in the Contact List). This is driving me nuts.
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What do we call a dynamic programic construct that allows us to compute sums of any range in logarithmic time?
I was usually calling it ‘partial sums’, but I dunno how is it ‘officially’ called, and I have the impression it is not ‘partial sums’.
Anyway, the concept is pretty simple. Say you have an array of 8 elements, [3, 7, 2, 1, 5, 6, 9, 4]. You compute…
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What's the term for recursively summing adjacent elements of an array or matrix
At the risk of this question being off topic, does anybody know if there's a technical term for the process of summing adjacent elements of an array (or matrix). Like this:
[1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8]
[3,7,11,15]
[10,26]
[36]
In other words, if was going…
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Name of "implicitely passing outer class to inner class constructor" idiom
This construct has some similarities with instance member class (known from Java, but available in Python as well). But instead of having a separate class created for each instance I think there may be some benefit of having the actual class being…
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How do you call the "happy-dog" part of file "happy-dog.png"?
I just realized I don't know how file is called in file.ext.
The whole file.ext is called a file or filename, ext is called extension but how do you call the file part itself of file.ext?
For example happy-dog.png. All the file/filename is…
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What is the act of creating objects from XML data called?
In the context of loading an XML file, what's a good name for the step in which you create internal data structures (be they objects, structs, or whatever) to hold the data in memory? What do you usually call the other steps?
LOAD, OPEN, or READ…
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A word that encompasses both tablets and desktops?
For the sake of naming variables in code, I'm looking for a word that encompasses both tablets and laptops/desktops. Or, devices ranging between those sizes (not phone-sized devices).
Any ideas?
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Can't easily jump cursor to end of autoclosed tag in Eclipse
Eclipse (Luna 4.4.2 on Win7), at least in its Structured Text Editors, has a nice feature whereby if I type a tag, it automatically inserts a matching closing tag after the cursor.
(cursorhere)
After typing the tag contents, how do I…
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What is the best nomenclature for a task that "only happens once" or a task that "repeats"?
I need to classify two different types of tasks as those that repeat, and those that do not repeat (i.e. the task self-destructs after it has successfully run, and never runs again).
Right now, the former I am just going to call "repeat"; I was…
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What is the loop invariant for this code?
An array contains integers that first increase in value and then decrease in value. It is unknown at which point the numbers start to decrease. Write efficient code to copy the numbers in the first array to another array so that the second array is…
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