In computer programming, a reference is a value that enables a program to indirectly access a particular datum, such as a variable's value or a record...
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software, data science, and computer programming. Contents: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z See also References abstract data type...
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In computer science, garbage collection (GC) is a form of automatic memory management. The garbage collector attempts to reclaim memory that was allocated...
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A computer scientist is a scientist who specializes in the academic study of computer science. Computer scientists typically work on the theoretical side...
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Identifier (redirect from Name (computer science))
Part number Personally identifiable information Product code Reference (computer science) Referent Representation term Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine...
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Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) is a research institute at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) formed by the...
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Knowledge Sharing" by Tom Gruber used ontology as a technical term in computer science closely related to earlier idea of semantic networks and taxonomies...
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another. Reference or reference point may also refer to: Reference (computer science) Reference (C++) Reference (film), a 1985 Bulgarian film Reference, a citation...
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Advanced Placement (AP) Computer Science Principles (also known as AP CSP) is an AP Computer Science course and examination offered by the College Board...
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Computing (redirect from Computer technology)
aspects. Major computing disciplines include computer engineering, computer science, cybersecurity, data science, information systems, information technology...
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Computer Science (shortened to AP Comp Sci or APCS) program includes two Advanced Placement courses and examinations covering the field of computer science...
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Logic in computer science covers the overlap between the field of logic and that of computer science. The topic can essentially be divided into three...
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first parameter and a covariant functor in the second. Polymorphism (computer science) Inheritance (object-oriented programming) Liskov substitution principle...
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different areas but is often referenced alongside computer science because of the incredibly useful nature of computers and computer programs in helping those...
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Bachelor of Computer Science (abbreviated BCompSc or BCS) is a bachelor's degree for completion of an undergraduate program in computer science. In general...
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In computer science, data (treated as singular, plural, or as a mass noun) is any sequence of one or more symbols; datum is a single symbol of data. Data...
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Readers-writer lock Sleeping barber problem Stalemate Synchronization (computer science) Turn restriction routing Coulouris, George (2012). Distributed Systems...
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The Collection of Computer Science Bibliographies (1993–2023) was one of the oldest (if not the oldest) bibliography collections freely accessible on the...
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In computer science, an operation, function or expression is said to have a side effect if it has any observable effect other than its primary effect of...
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engineering and computer science. Computer engineering may be referred to as Electrical and Computer Engineering or Computer Science and Engineering at...
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confusion, as in computer science a reference is a general concept datatype, with pointers and C++ references being specific reference datatype implementations...
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In computer science, reference counting is a programming technique of storing the number of references, pointers, or handles to a resource, such as an...
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In computer science, a record (also called a structure, struct, user-defined type (UDT), or compound data type) is a composite data structure – a collection...
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In computer programming, a guard is a Boolean expression that must evaluate to true if the execution of the program is to continue in the branch in question...
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Lecture Notes in Computer Science is a series of computer science books published by Springer Science+Business Media since 1973. The series contains proceedings...
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In computer science and software programming, a value is the representation of some entity that can be manipulated by a program. The members of a type...
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In computer science, an instance is an occurrence of a software element that is based on a type definition. When created, an occurrence is said to have...
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Upper ontology (redirect from Upper Ontologies (computer science))
In information science, an upper ontology (also known as a top-level ontology, upper model, or foundation ontology) is an ontology (in the sense used...
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'Taming' self-reference from potentially paradoxical concepts into well-behaved recursions has been one of the great successes of computer science, and is now...
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to be among computer science's "most valuable treasures." Donald Knuth, Structured Programming, with go to Statements In computer science, a pointer is...
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