All Definition Solutions on Gang of Coders

Total of 54 Definition Solutions

What exactly is RESTful programming?

RestHttpArchitectureDefinition

SOAP vs REST (differences)

RestWeb ServicesHttpSoapDefinition

What is an example of the Liskov Substitution Principle?

OopDefinitionSolid PrinciplesDesign PrinciplesLiskov Substitution-Principle

What is an idempotent operation?

Language AgnosticDefinitionIdempotent

Definition of "downstream" and "upstream"

GitVersion ControlVersioningTerminologyDefinition

What is the difference between a definition and a declaration?

CDeclarationTerminologyDefinitionC++ Faq

What's the difference between faking, mocking, and stubbing?

Unit TestingMockingLanguage AgnosticTerminologyDefinition

What's the difference between unit, functional, acceptance, and integration tests?

TestingTerminologyDefinition

What are unit tests, integration tests, smoke tests, and regression tests?

Unit TestingTestingDefinition

What is 'Currying'?

JavascriptFunctional ProgrammingTerminologyDefinitionCurrying

What is the difference between currying and partial application?

Language AgnosticTerminologyDefinitionCurryingPartial Application

What is boilerplate code?

TerminologyDefinitionBoilerplate

What is a Y-combinator?

Functional ProgrammingComputer ScienceTheoryDefinitionCombinators

How to find where a method is defined at runtime?

Ruby on-RailsRubyRuntimeMethodsDefinition

Software Design vs. Software Architecture

ArchitectureDefinition

What is a web service endpoint?

Web ServicesTerminologyDefinitionEndpoint

What is a "thread" (really)?

MultithreadingProcessDefinition

What is Weak Head Normal Form?

HaskellDefinitionStrictnessWeak Head-Normal-Form

What is a loop invariant?

AlgorithmTerminologyDefinitionClrsLoop Invariant

Explanation of BASE terminology

DatabaseNosqlTerminologyDefinitionBase Db

How to see the CREATE VIEW code for a view in PostgreSQL?

PostgresqlViewDefinition

What is the difference between a schema and a table and a database?

DatabaseSchemaDefinitionDatabase Table

What is a Shim?

TerminologyDefinitionVocabularyShim

What is managed or unmanaged code in programming?

C#.NetUnmanagedDefinitionManaged

What does threadsafe mean?

MultithreadingThread SafetyDefinition

What is the definition of "interface" in object oriented programming

OopInterfaceDefinition

What exactly do "IB" and "UB" mean?

C++TerminologyDefinition

Upstream / downstream terminology used backwards? (E.g. nginx)

NginxDefinition

Defining static const integer members in class definition

C++StaticDeclarationDefinition

What is the difference between a heuristic and an algorithm?

AlgorithmDefinitionHeuristicsNomenclature

What are public, private and protected in object oriented programming?

ClassOopDefinitionAccess Modifiers

Add Auto-Increment ID to existing table?

MysqlSqlDefinitionAuto Increment

What's the difference between "Solutions Architect" and "Applications Architect"?

ArchitectureDefinition

Enum inside class (TypeScript definition file)

TypescriptDefinition

What is machine learning?

Machine LearningDefinition

Easy to understand definition of "asynchronous event"?

JavascriptEventsAsynchronousTerminologyDefinition

In CUDA, what is memory coalescing, and how is it achieved?

CudaDefinitionMemory Access

Spring - using static final fields (constants) for bean initialization

SpringDefinitionJavabeans

How to show zsh function definition (like bash "type myfunc")?

BashFunctionZshDefinition

What is marshalling? What is happening when something is "marshalled?"

.NetMultithreadingMarshallingDefinitionLanguage Interoperability

What exactly does "closure" refer to in JavaScript?

JavascriptClosuresDefinition

How does non-strict and lazy differ?

HaskellDefinitionLazy Evaluation

What does .NET stand for? Is it an acronym?

.NetDefinitionAcronym

What does the term "Tuple" Mean in Relational Databases?

SqlTerminologyRdbmsDefinitionTuples

Error with multiple definitions of function

C++DefinitionFriend

Selecting entire function definition in Vim

FunctionVimSelectDefinition

Definition of Network Units: Fragment, Segment, Packet, Frame, Datagram

NetworkingIpDefinitionOsi

Java: int[] array vs int array[]

JavaArraysPerformanceDefinition

What is the meaning and reasoning behind the Open/Closed Principle?

OopDefinitionSolid PrinciplesDesign PrinciplesOpen Closed-Principle

The Best Memory Leak Definition

Memory LeaksDefinition

What is data serialization?

PhpJavascriptSerializationDefinition

What is the difference between cross-validation and grid search?

Cross ValidationDefinitionDifferenceGrid Search

What kind of language is CSS?

CssDefinition

What is the datatype bytea and when would I use it?

DatabasePostgresqlDefinitionBytea