• In computer programming, the scope of a name binding (an association of a name to an entity, such as a variable) is the part of a program where the name...
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    Fundamental areas of computer science Computer science is the study of computation, information, and automation. Computer science spans theoretical disciplines...
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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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  • In computer programming, a variable is an abstract storage location paired with an associated symbolic name, which contains some known or unknown quantity...
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  • Quartet Scope (computer science), the range in which a variable can be referenced scope (scopeArchiv), an archival information program CDC SCOPE, a series...
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  • This glossary of computer science is a list of definitions of terms and concepts used in computer science, its sub-disciplines, and related fields, including...
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    This list of computer science awards is an index to articles on notable awards related to computer science. It includes lists of awards by the Association...
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  • (e.g. Perl's "use strict" or Visual Basic's "Option Explicit"). Scope (computer science) For example, Java uses "declaration" (class declaration, method...
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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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  • In information technology and computer science, a system is described as stateful if it is designed to remember preceding events or user interactions;...
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    electronics engineering and computer science. Computer engineering is referred to as electrical and computer engineering or computer science and engineering at...
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  • In computer science, marshalling or marshaling (US spelling) is the process of transforming the memory representation of an object into a data format suitable...
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  • journal's scope includes all areas of science, including life sciences, public health, neurosciences, physical sciences, social sciences, computer sciences, environmental...
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  • formal sciences are the branches of science that are concerned with formal systems, such as logic, mathematics, theoretical computer science, information...
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  • sometimes referred to as the formal sciences, the study of logic, mathematics, and theoretical computer science (which study formal systems governed...
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  • In software engineering and computer science, abstraction is the process of generalizing concrete details, such as attributes, away from the study of objects...
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  • others followed up on this work. Design patterns gained popularity in computer science after the book Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented...
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    losing its position as computer science leader by 1974. Popular theories are favored about the lack of women in computer science, which discount historical...
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  • Mathematics, Computer science, Mechanical Engineering, macro, micro and nano robots, advanced materials, and biologically influenced designs. Its scope includes...
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  • namespace conflicts Name mangling Name conflicts with minor planets Scope (computer science) This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title...
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  • Symbolic Systems Program (category Cognitive science)
    Computer Science Linguistics Mathematics Philosophy Psychology Statistics It is separate from Cognitive Science in that it is more expansive in scope...
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  • closure or function closure, is a technique for implementing lexically scoped name binding in a language with first-class functions. Operationally, a...
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    statistics, computer science, information science, and domain knowledge. However, data science is different from computer science and information science. Turing...
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  • In computer science, contextualization is the process of identifying the data relevant to an entity (e.g., a person or a city) based on the entity's contextual...
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  • presumption that an entity is animate, or present. The term is broad in scope and may refer to animals; natural features such as mountains; inanimate...
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  • In computer programming, an assignment statement sets and/or re-sets the value stored in the storage location(s) denoted by a variable name; in other words...
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  • In computer programming, a parameter, a.k.a. formal argument, is a variable that represents an argument, a.k.a. actual argument, a.k.a. actual parameter...
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  • Local variable (redirect from Local scope)
    In computer science, a local variable is a variable that is given local scope. A local variable reference in the function or block in which it is declared...
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  • The Diploma in Computer Science is a diploma offered by several post-secondary institutions: Cambridge Diploma in Computer Science – this University of...
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    the mostly B-movie offerings up to that time both in scope and quality, and influenced later science fiction films. That same year, Planet of the Apes (the...
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