In computer programming, a directive or pragma (from "pragmatic") is a language construct that specifies how a compiler (or other translator) should process...
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(programming), a computer language construct that specifies how a compiler should process input "Directive" (poem), a poem by Robert Frost Directive speech...
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Modular programming – Organizing code into modules One Definition Rule – Rule of programming language C++ #pragma once – Preprocessor directive in C and...
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The European Union Computer Programs Directive controls the legal protection of computer programs under the copyright law of the European Union. It was...
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business, deed or act; see Pragmatism Directive (programming), known as a pragma or pragmat in several programming languages #pragma (CPP) #pragma once...
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Preprocessor (redirect from Preprocessing directive)
run time. Directive (programming) – Language construct that specifies how a compiler should process its input Metaprogramming – Programming paradigm Macros –...
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RoboCop (character) (section RoboCop: Prime Directives)
keep his directives by his own free will, not through the imposition of programming. In the 2014 film, there is no reference to the Directives, but Murphy...
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Server Side Includes (section Directives)
feature-rich programming languages. SSI is Turing complete. SSI has a simple syntax: <!--#directive parameter=value parameter=value -->. Directives are placed...
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C preprocessor (redirect from Define directive)
compliant by supplying certain command-line flags. The C# programming language also allows for directives, even though they cannot be used for creating macros...
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The Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the patentability of computer-implemented inventions (Commission proposal...
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A directive is a legal act of the European Union that requires member states to achieve particular goals without dictating how the member states achieve...
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McDaggett kills Lewis. Unable to fight back because of his "Fourth Directive" programming, RoboCop is saved by members of a resistance movement composed of...
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Boilerplate code (category Computer programming folklore)
mode, which are mandated by fashionable Perl programming style. This next example is a C/C++ programming language boilerplate, #include guard. #ifndef...
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programming languages, with C compilers available for practically all modern computer architectures and operating systems. The book The C Programming...
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Database Directive (1996) Copyright Duration Directive (1993) Satellite and Cable Directive (1993) Rental Directive (1992) Computer Programs Directive (1991)...
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Assembly language (redirect from Assembler directive)
decades of computing, it was commonplace for both systems programming and application programming to take place entirely in assembly language. While still...
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GNAT Modified General Public License (category Ada (programming language))
conformance checks for some GPL software license issues via a compiler directive. Use pragma License (Modified_GPL); to activate the check against the...
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CONFIG.SYS (redirect from HISTORY (CONFIG.SYS directive))
ASCII text file that contains user-accessible setup or configuration directives evaluated by the operating system's DOS BIOS (typically residing in IBMBIO...
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preparation was approved in July 2013 under the European Biocide Directive Program (Annex 1/1A BPD 98/8EEC). It works by causing acute and ultimately...
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OpenHMPP (category Application programming interfaces)
Parallel Programming) - programming standard for heterogeneous computing. Based on a set of compiler directives, standard is a programming model designed...
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The Data Protection Directive, officially Directive 95/46/EC, enacted in October 1995, was a European Union directive which regulated the processing of...
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API (redirect from Application-programming interface)
application programming interface (API) is a connection or fetching, in technical terms, between computers or between computer programs. It is a type...
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time generic programming data types, allowing functions to work on a variety of data, along with a small set of new compiler directives to allow access...
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WEB, is a computer programming system created by Donald E. Knuth as the first implementation of what he called "literate programming": his idea that one...
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Include guard (category C (programming language) headers)
double inclusion when dealing with the include directive. The C preprocessor processes inclusion directives like #include "Foo.h" to include "Foo.h" and...
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include padding. Modern compilers typically support the #pragma pack directive, which sets the size in bytes for alignment. The C struct feature was...
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of European Union Directives is ordered by theme to follow EU law. For a date based list, see the Category:European Union directives by number. From 1...
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Directive 2003/98/EC on the re-use of public sector information, known as the PSI Directive, now called the Open Data Directive, is an EU directive that...
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Shebang (Unix) (redirect from Interpreter directive)
Unix-like operating system, the program loader mechanism parses the rest of the file's initial line as an interpreter directive. The loader executes the specified...
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Digital Services Act (redirect from Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on a single market for digital services (Digital Services Act) and amending Directive 2000/31/EC)
transparent advertising and disinformation. It updates the Electronic Commerce Directive 2000 in EU law, and was proposed alongside the Digital Markets Act (DMA)...
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