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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XML Element and Type hierarchies
I have a conceptual question, because I'm currently writing a concept concerning Dataexchange using xml & xsds.
When describing xsds, I often find myself wondering whether I am using the correct vocabulary. If I have, for example a definition as…
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How to ask a business user for cardinality information?
When collecting requirements from business users, I run into a point where I need to understand the cardinality between two concepts in the business user's domain.
This is usually something I want to know early in the process, since it affects…
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What name should I use for the "root" of a cycle?
So, I'm writing a cyclic data structure. (In C#, but my question is language-nonspecific.) It's pretty simple: just a doubly-linked list that loops around on itself.
But while all nodes are equal, I need to single out one of them as my default entry…
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What is the difference between an array of characters and a single linear array?
I'm new to java and I need help learning nomenclature.
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Is changing the meaning of promise methods a good idea?
I have a long running method in Node.js that keeps listening for command line output until the user closes the command or an error halts. Long story short, this method had, among others, three callbacks:
on_receive: Returns any new output from the…
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What is the term used for the act of casting a void pointer into a pointer to a type?
What is the term used (say, by programming language theorists) for the act of casting a void pointer into a pointer to a type? Is it "upcasting"? "type infusion"? "typing"?
Notes:
It is obviously a cast, and obviously a reinterpreting cast - but…
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What single word does a programmer call the control and command keys?
The control and command keys are basically analogs when it comes to computer applications, when I'm talking about them in a cross-platform application, what should they be called? Is there a term like " the _______ key"?
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Software testing terminology
I'm trying to research a term for software testing. Specifically, that applies to the following scenario:
You've got software "S", which is in version V
S has functionality to "whiz," "bang," and "zoom"
You find a bug with S's zooming
You apply a…
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