Glossary of Programming Terms

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Definition of Compiler

Definition of Variable

Definition of a Bounds Error

Definition of Accessor

Definition of Address

Definition of Admin Privilege

Definition of ADO

Definition of ADT - Advanced Data Type

Definition of Algorithm

Definition of AND

Definition of Application

Definition of Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Definition of ASCII

This is the glossary entry for ASP.NET

Definition of Assembly

Definition of Base Class

Definition of BASIC

Definition of Beta

Definition of Big-O

Definition of Binary Chop

Definition of Bit

This is the glossary entry for Bitmap which is a memory or file organization for storing image data as a map of bits or bitmap.

Definition of Boost

Definition of Boot

This is the glossary entry for Botnet

Definition of Branch Point

Definition of Branch Prediction

Definition of Brute Force

Definition of Buffer

Definition of Build System

Definition of Byte

Definition of Cache

Definition of Cast

Definition of Char

Chat Bot - Definition

This is the glossary entry for Checking In/Out

Definition of CIL

Definition of Client

Definition of CLR

This is the glossary entry for Code Repository

Definition of Collection

Definition of Collision Detection

Definition of COM

Definition of Command Line Interface

Definition of Comment

Definition of Component

Definition of Compression

Definition of Constant

Definition of Constructor

Definition of Control Structures

Definition of CPP/CLI

Definition of Cross Platform

Definition of Database

Definition of Datamining

This is the glossary entry for Deadlock which occurs most often in databases and multi-threaded applications

Definition of Debugger

Definition of Declare

Definition of Default Constructor

Definition of dereference

Definition of Derived Class

Definition of Destructor

Definition of Diff Utility

Definition of Directive

Definition of Dll

Definition of DOS

Definition of Double

Definition of Editor

This is the glossary entry for emulator

Definition of Encapsulation

Definition of Encryption

This is the glossary entry for Endian

Definition of Enum

Definition of Environment Variables

Definition of Exception

Definition of Exe

Definition of Expression

Definition of Framework

Definition of Free List

Definition of Function Prototypes

Definition of Garbage Collection

This is the glossary entry for GCC

Definition of GDI

Definition of Generics

Definition of GIF

Provides a definition of the acronym GNU

Definition of GPL

Definition of GPU

Definition of GUI

Definition of Hash Algorithm

Definition of HDF

Definition of Header File

Definition of Heap

Definition of I/O

Definition of IDE

Definition of Identifier

Definition of Include Files

Definition of Inheritance

Definition of Inline Functions

Definition of Integration Build

This is the glossary entry for Silverlight which is a browser technology that allows you to use C# in browser applications on Windows, Mac and eventually Linux

Definition of Java

Definition of JPG

This is the glossary entry for LAMP

Definition of Link

Definition of Linux

Definition of List

Definition of Log

Definition of Loop

Definition of Lvalue

Definition of Macro

Definition of Make

Definition of Makefile

This is the glossary entry for Mangling

Definition of Masking

Definition of Matrix

Definition of Member

Definition of Method

Definition of MFC

Definition of Mono

Definition of MP3

Explains what MSDN is

Definition of Multi-Threading

This is the glossary entry for MVC which is short for model view controller and is a a pattern for isolating business logic from user interface

Definition of Namespace

Definition of NULL

Definition of NULL

Definition of Object Code

Definition of ODBC

Definition of Open Source

This is the glossary entry for Silverlight which is a browser technology that allows you to use C# in browser applications on Windows, Mac and eventually Linux

Definition of OR

Definition of Overloading

Definition of P2P

Definition of Parallelism

Definition of Parameters

Definition of Parser

Definition of Pass By Value

Definition of Pass By Value

Definition of Passing By Reference

Definition of Passing By Value

Definition of Pattern

This is the glossary entry for Peer review which is a method of inspecting code by other team members to ensure it complies with coding standards etc before it is checked in to a version control system

Definition of Pixellation

Definition of PNG

Definition of Polymorphism

Definition of Port

Definition of Post Decrement

Definition of Post Increment

Definition of Pre Decrement

Definition of Pre Increment

Definition of Precision

Definition of Preprocessor

This is the glossary entry for Provider

Definition of RDBMS

Definition of Recursion

Definition of Refactoring

Definition of Reference

Definition of Register

Definition of Registry

Definition of Regression Testing

Definition of Regular Expression

Definition of Release

Definition of Release Candidate

Definition of Resources

Definition of Rvalue

Definition of Scope

Definition of Scripting

Definition of SDK

Definition of SDL

This is the glossary entry for Serialize which is a way of converting data into a structured format that can be saved to disk or somewhere else and easily reconstructed later.

Definition of Server

Definition of Service

Definition of Signed

This is the glossary entry for Silverlight which is a browser technology that allows you to use C# in browser applications on Windows, Mac and eventually Linux

This is the glossary entry for Soap which is a method way of communicating data in a structured format using XML that can be sent elsewhere and easily reconstructed later.

Definition of SQL

Definition of SQL Server

This is the glossary entry for SSH

Definition of Stack

Definition of Statement

Definition of STL

Definition of Stream

Definition of String

Definition of Struct

Definition of Syntax

Definition of Systems Programming

Definition of Template

Definition of UML

Definition of Unicode

This is the glossary entry for Unit Test

Definition of Unit Testing

Definition of Unix

Definition of Unsigned

Definition of Utility

Definition of Variadic

Definition of Vector

Definition of Version Control System

Definition of Virtual

Definition of Virtual Machine

Definition of Virtualization

Definition of Void

Definition of Wiki

Definition of Wizard

Definition of XML

Definition of XNA

Definition of XOR

Description of CLI