Top "Glossary" questions

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What is boxing and unboxing and what are the trade offs?

I'm looking for a clear, concise and accurate answer. Ideally as the actual answer, although links to good explanations welcome.

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What does the word "literal" mean?

What does the word "literal" mean when used in context such as literal strings and literal values? What is the …

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Example for a simple LaTeX glossary

I'm trying to include a simple glossary to my LaTeX document, I already searched for something like that on google, …

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Java Annotations

What is the purpose of annotations in Java? I have this fuzzy idea of them as somewhere in between a …

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Functional programming and non-functional programming

In my second year of University we were "taught" Haskell, I know almost nothing about it and even less about …

functional-programming paradigms glossary
What is object marshalling?

I have heard this concept used frequently, but I don't have a really good grasp of what it is.

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COBOL level 88 data type

Very basic question here. I have to write out a data glossary for a COBOL program. This data glossary includes …

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Can anyone explain Monads?

Having briefly looked at Haskell recently, what would be a brief, succinct, practical explanation as to what a monad essentially …

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