Sunday, September 6, 2015

Definition's Posting

The different types of definitions are Stipulation,Operational, Antonym, Examples, Formal, Synonym, Etymology, Negatives, and Analogy. Some of the definitions and examples from the CS field are :

Formal definition: A definition that contains three parts: the term being defined, general category that the notions belongs to, and the distinguishing characteristics.
Google Drive is a cloud storage service that allows us to store our documents, photos, videos, and more online.
Synonym: Two words that have closely related meanings
Programming and coding are used interchangeably.
Antonym: Two words that have closely opposite meanings
Hard copy and soft copy are antonyms
Examples: Giving more details about a situations through different cases
Heap overflow and  Stack buffer overflow are examples of buffer overflows
Etymology: History of a particular word
The word Polymorphism originated from the Greek term that means form and shape
Negatives: Defining a term using the opposite.
Computer architecture is not only a combination of micro architecture.
Analogy: Directly compares an unfamiliar term to a familiar term.
Doubly Linked List is similar to Singly Linked list with an additional tail node.
Stipulation: limiting the use of that particular definition, not the definition that everyone use in every context
In different CS classes, documentation of the codes varies in its quality and specificity.
Operational: Several steps involved of a process in a chronological order
C compilation is a simple process that creates an executable. It is split into 5 steps: Preprocessing, Parsing, Translation, Assembling, and Linking









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