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Terms for "stuff" preceeding and following an item in a sequence [closed]
I need insight from a native speaker of any variety of English on what to call items in a sequence that proceeds or follows a certain item.
In a sequence "1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11", I want ...
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what it is the opposite of comment?
In programming commenting: To disable a section of source code by converting it into a comment. If you do not want to run this line of code, just comment it out!
But my question what is the opposite ...
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A term for the person for which something is booked
In the words of Phil Karlton: There are only two hard things in Computer Science: cache invalidation and naming things:
[Context: Software, terminology for a database schema]
If I book something for ...
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What is the difference between Vert/Verts and Vertex/Vertices? [closed]
What is the difference between Vert/Verts and Vertex/Vertices?
Both forms seem to be used interchangeably in mathematics and computer graphics.
Blender (3D software) uses Vert/Verts in it's User ...
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Farthest vs Furthest [duplicate]
I am trying to describe the distance from a root node in a programming context. The root node is abstract and not physical so I'm thinking the proper usage would be furthest, but what would be ...
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Committed team vs dedicated team [closed]
I want to express that I am managing a team that is responsible for API integrations. How is the best and tightest way to say it?
Managing a committed on API integrations team
Managing a team, ...
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What is the name for a hardware equivalent of a Widget?
In graphical UI development, we have buttons, knobs, and sliders and the hypernym would be widgets.
In computer hardware, we have buttons, knobs, and sliders and the hypernym would be ... for some ...
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Adjective for something using plug-ins
I'm looking for an adjective (preferably) that describes a software component as being capable of using plug-ins, or better yet, as only performing its function if it has been loaded with plugins. So, ...
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Machine learning on or of some data?
If it's machine learning using some platform or technology, it makes sense to use "on" ("ML on AWS"), but if we are talking about applying ML to some data, should "on" or ...
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What is the opposite of "brute-force"?
In computer science especially, a brute-force algorithm is one that is naive and straightforward. It may succeed but only in a primitive way—trying all the obvious operations one by one. This wastes ...
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Generic term for parser/serializer [closed]
Decoding and encoding can be thought of as the same process, but in opposite directions. The generic word for a bidirectional encoder/decoder is “codec”:
a portmanteau of coder-decoder.
Parsing and ...
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Expression describing code written by inexperienced, lazy and untalented developers
One of my characters is a young graduate student who leaves her adviser. He takes her research code and he gets his other students to use it, not forgetting to say all sorts of mean things about her ...
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grammatically, rotate + er is it correct?
I try to name something as its usage is rotate+er.
The main usage is doing a rotation on a reliable circle, so I pick rotation as the verb.
My main lang is Indonesian, but I always try to give my best ...
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Different "states" of an event
I'm working on a system that has the concept of events. Events can be in three states:
Active - e.g. a police chase has started, person entered store, car trip started
Resolved - e.g. a police chase ...
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What’s the normal software-engineering adjective which means that a function tolerates bad input? [closed]
There's a term used in software engineering that I can't recall, but which usually describes a subroutine that tolerates bad input.
For example, let's say there's some method that converts raw string ...
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