C++/Programming Terms
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Wouldn't it be useful to make an updated list of all c++ nomenclature used on this forum? Many a time, the novice programmer will ask, alas, the expert will answer using names such as "buffer" "flags" "objects" and the like. This leaves many confused about such terms.
So to begin with, just what do these mean?:
"Buffer"
"Flag"
"Object". Note that object has many connotations in programming. The context im using here is with regard to object codes. Is it when a source code is compiled and turned into machine code? Does it also mean that its a source file that is depended on by other source files? Like you would have main.cpp and function1.o as a function to be used in main...
Wouldn't it be useful to make an updated list of all c++ nomenclature used on this forum? Many a time, the novice programmer will ask, alas, the expert will answer using names such as "buffer" "flags" "objects" and the like. This leaves many confused about such terms.
So to begin with, just what do these mean?:
"Buffer"
"Flag"
"Object". Note that object has many connotations in programming. The context im using here is with regard to object codes. Is it when a source code is compiled and turned into machine code? Does it also mean that its a source file that is depended on by other source files? Like you would have main.cpp and function1.o as a function to be used in main...
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Wikipedia has them explained quite well I'd say.
to save you from the hardships of searching:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_buffer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_(computing)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Object_file
to save you from the hardships of searching:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_buffer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_(computing)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Object_file
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