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What is 'Facet' in JavaEE?

I wonder not only what is Facet but also what is Facet 'in physical level' (as I understand it's not …

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What is a clock cycle and clock speed?

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What are REST resources?

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What is an SDL renderer?

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What is the naming standard for path components?

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Is Javascript a Functional Programming Language?

Just because functions are first class objects, there are closures, and higher order functions, does Javascript deserve to be called …

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What is the meaning and difference between subject, user and principal?

In the context of security frameworks, a few terms commonly occur subject, user and principal, of which I have not …

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Global scope vs global namespace

I saw usages of these two phrases: global scope and global namespace. What is the difference between them?

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What does '# noqa' mean in Python comments?

While searching through a Python project, I found a few lines commented with # noqa. import sys sys.path.append(r'C:\…

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What is the gradient orientation and gradient magnitude?

I am currently studying a module in computer vision called edge detection. I am trying to understand the meaning of …

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