Aug 18, 2015 · I work as a programmer, but have no computer science background, so recently I've been following along with the excellent MIT OpenCourseWare intro to Computer Science and Programming. In the course of which, the question is asked: "will any program written using only function definitions and calls, the basic arithmetic operators, assignment and ...

This is used in computer science, both in theory and in programming practice. A predicate as a function that get an arguments, and returns a boolean. it returns true if the argument matchs the predicate i.e. the function name-filter.

Apr 20, 2019 · As an example of a definition that didn't really help me much . . . From Wikipedia: "A thread in computer science is short for a thread of execution. Threads are a way for a program to divide (termed "split") itself into two or more simultaneously (or …

your second sentence is spot on. "instantaneous", however, is misleading - it's perfectly valid for two atomic operations to be observed in a different order: e.g. x=0; x=x+1; y=2 in a multithreaded program, a second thread could observe y=2, then read x is 0 - …

May 19, 2010 · A blueprint, by one definition is a "detailed plan of action". An interface promises nothing about an action! The source of the confusion is that in most languages, if you have an interface type that defines a set of methods, the class that implements it "repeats" the same methods (but provides definition), so the interface looks like a ...

Given the producer / consumer analogy, Netflix is producing the video. The viewer is consuming it (watching it). A space on your computer where extra downloaded video data is temporarily stored is the buffer. A video progress bar is probably the best visual example of this: That video is 5:05.

It's not helped by the idea of a Vector in 3D graphics programming, which is closer to the mathematical definition. In math, a Vector can be thought of as a 1-dimensional matrix of arbitrary length (with the length being the number of dimensions of your coordinate system).

Oct 10, 2010 · Here's some of my perspective after getting some knowledge about processor design. The whole computer thing is just multiple levels of abstraction. It goes from elementary transistors all the way up to the running program. For any level N of abstraction, its runtime is the immediate level N-1 of abstraction that goes below it. And it is God ...

Mar 21, 2024 · There are three ways to give behavior to a class. You can write that behavior into the class; you can inherit from a class that has the desired behavior; or you can incorporate a class with the desired behavior into your class as a field, or member variable.

Sep 21, 2008 · In computer science, a predicate that, if true, will remain true throughout a specific sequence of operations, is called (an) invariant to that sequence. To better understand this hope this example in C++ helps.