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Difference between an application server and a servlet container?

I am trying to understand the difference between a full fledged application server (e.g. Weblogic, JBoss etc.) and a …

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What is the at sign (@) in a batch file and what does it do?

One remotely familiar with windows/dos batch scripting will recognize this line: @echo off For many-many days, I was happy …

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What is the difference between a directory and a folder?

Most people use the terms "folder" and "directory" interchangeably. From a programmer point of view, is there a difference, and …

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What is the difference between Bitmap and Drawable in Android?

I googled but i couldn't find any article to describe about the difference between Bitmap and Drawable in Android.

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Difference between system testing and end-to-end testing

What is end-to-end testing, and what is the difference between it and system testing? They both seem the same and …

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The Difference Between Deprecated, Depreciated and Obsolete

There is a lot of confusion about this and I'd like to know, what exactly is the difference between depreciated, …

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Scalar vs. primitive data type - are they the same thing?

In various articles I have read, there are sometimes references to primitive data types and sometimes there are references to …

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What is the difference between currying and partial application?

I quite often see on the Internet various complaints that other peoples examples of currying are not currying, but are …

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What is the difference between an API , framework and middleware?

Just Randomly got this question in my head! Whats the difference between API , Framework and middleware? Essentially all of them …

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What's the differences between stored procedures, functions and routines?

In MySQL database context, what is the difference among these 3 terms: stored procedure stored function stored routine Also the build-in …

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