Always can’t separate these words: ascending and descending! Are there good examples? [closed]
Perhaps this trick might help: A scending A B C D D escending D C B A
terminology
Exactly what is a “third party”? (And who are the first and second parties?)
If you are developing software for a client, then there is a contract between you/your company, and the client/their company. These are the two parties to the contract. Anyone else, not bound by the contract, is a third party. It’s used wherever a contract exists between two parties to mean anyone not bound by the … Read more
Application Architect vs. Systems Architect vs. Enterprise Architect? [closed]
Like any other such term, these terms are used differently in different places, and are sometimes interchangeable. Here’s what the differences typically are: The Application Architect is is what many of us just call the Architect. The person responsible for the highest levels of design and scope for a particular solution/project. You’d bother using Application … Read more
What’s the difference between polling and pulling?
They’re two distinct words. To “poll” is to ask for an answer. To “pull” is to use force to move (actually or conceptually) something towards oneself (again, actually or conceptually). One “polls” a server when software on a client periodically asks the server for something. One “pulls” data from a database towards client software. Note … Read more
What is the difference between a function and a subroutine?
I disagree. If you pass a parameter by reference to a function, you would be able to modify that value outside the scope of the function. Furthermore, functions do not have to return a value. Consider void some_func() in C. So the premises in the OP are invalid. In my mind, the difference between function … Read more
What are REST resources?
The reason why articles on REST resources are abstract is because the concept of a REST resource is abstract. It’s basically “whatever thing is accessed by the URL you supply”. So, in your example, the resource would be the list of two users starting at offset 5 in some bigger list. Note that, how the … Read more
What is OSGi and what are some examples of its use?
Simply said, OSGi is a dynamic module system for Java. It defines means to install, uninstall, update, start and stop modules. Those modules are called bundles, but are, in their simplest form, actually Java jar files with a special Manifest. Modules can be installed, uninstalled etc without stopping or restarting the Java VM. An OSGi … Read more
What does “BC break” mean?
“BC break” usually means backward compatibility in a general term, but as David Schwartz said it can be interpreted as binary compatibility break in some contexts.
What does “ad hoc” mean in programming?
“Ad hoc” is a Latin phrase that can apply to anything, not just programming specifically. It means something that was made up on the fly just to deal with a particular situation, as opposed to some systematic approach to solving problems. Regarding programming specifically, it’s probably similar to what Joel Spolsky recently called duct tape … Read more
Is it “iterate through” or “iterate over” something? [closed]
“through” and “over” are useless adverbs. Examples: While iterating this collection, my code throws an error. This code iterates the collection. Your assignment is to write code that iterates the collection. It’s like saying “up north” or “down south”. “up” and “down” are useless. Instead you should say, “I am going north for the summer.” … Read more