Difference between revisions of "Glossary"
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;Directory:a logical grouping of related files (and potentially other directories) | ;{{Anchor|Directory}}Directory:a logical grouping of related files (and potentially other directories) | ||
;File:either a destination or source for a stream of data, most often persisted on a storage device | ;{{Anchor|File}}File:either a destination or source for a stream of data, most often persisted on a storage device | ||
;Process:a program that is being executed by the operating system | ;{{Anchor|Process}}Process:a program that is being executed by the operating system | ||
;{{Anchor|Syntactic Sugar}}Syntactic Sugar:syntax within a language which isn't strictly required but, in some manner, generally through increased clarity or readability, makes the syntax easier to understand for humans | ;{{Anchor|Syntactic Sugar}}Syntactic Sugar:syntax within a language which isn't strictly required but, in some manner, generally through increased clarity or readability, makes the syntax easier to understand for humans | ||
Revision as of 18:53, 5 January 2020
Within these castle walls be forged Mavens of Computer Science ...
— Merlin, The Coder
- Directory
- a logical grouping of related files (and potentially other directories)
- File
- either a destination or source for a stream of data, most often persisted on a storage device
- Process
- a program that is being executed by the operating system
- Syntactic Sugar
- syntax within a language which isn't strictly required but, in some manner, generally through increased clarity or readability, makes the syntax easier to understand for humans
