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Prepositions used with “command line” and “shell”
I found the following variations on the use of "command line" and "shell" in computing and wonder which are correct and how to use them appropriately.
Command line: is it "at the command line" or ...
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Is “catenate” used in IT parlance?
When I was doing my IT degree in the 80s we learned that, in programming terms, concatenation was the act of joining two strings together.
Recently I was reading a technical manual and came across ...
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“Run on an OS” vs. “run under an OS”
What is the correct way to specify the operating system you are targeting or using?
Is a program running on or under an operating system (OS)?
Is a machine running an OS or under an OS?
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What is the difference between obsolete and deprecate in computer science?
Given the two terms "obsolete" and "deprecate" in computer science, what is the difference between them?
What I understand,
Deprecated means still available for use but will no longer be developed ...
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Lite vs. Full (something) - alternatives [closed]
I see quite often references to lite vs full (something). For example, I may be able to get a lite version of something for free and would have to pay for full version of the same thing, which would ...
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Expression to describe error’s way
In the context of a computer system, events that fail to go to their destination are redirected to another one through several steps. I’m looking for an expression to describe the way they take.
I ...
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'Rollover'/'Roll over' in computer world
While Oxford Dictionary of English does not have definition of rollover, Wiktionary defines this word as "a graphic element that changes its shape or colour when the cursor moves over it"; in other ...
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Why is it correct to say “to negate a double”? [closed]
In programming you can negate a double. At least Google hits tend to that, but there are, though, a lot of hits for invert a double.
While the definition of to invert is clear
to invert:
to ...
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“Timeboxing” versus “time-slicing”
What is the difference between timeboxing and time-slicing? From what I can tell, it is the same concept, but timeboxing is applied to project management and time-slicing is applied to scheduling ...
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What would be a suitable name for the game panel in tetris?
I am trying to develop a Tetris clone. However, I am unsure what to name the panel where the user places the pieces.
Game panel seems too generic since the entire frame is in fact the panel of the ...
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Difference between “computation” and “calculation”
If the words computation and calculation are not perfect synonyms what is the difference between them? Which one describes more accurately what is done by a person computing or calculating something ...
