What does “playground” mean when people use this word in articles or tutorials? For example, there is an article with this title: “Kotlin Playground” (Kotlin is a programming language and this is an article for teaching Kotlin) And there is a sample project for teaching a concept with this name: “androidx-savedstate-playground“ A related word I … Read more
Several technical articles write about vendor using it as a verb: https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0518/#configparser quoth: While one could standardize on what Python 3 accepts and simply vendor the backport of the configparser module while https://github.com/sdispater/poetry#installation states Poetry provides a custom installer that will install poetry isolated from the rest of your system by vendorizing its dependencies Both … Read more
When writing about computing, should I refer to a component in the front-end or on the front-end? For example: It was decided to place the function in the front-end Or should it be It was decided to place the function on the front-end Is it the same preposition for the back-end? I will appreciate any … Read more
I want to express in a technical specification document the outcome when comparing two dates. In programming language I can simply say if DateA is smaller than DateB but when translating this to regular language I’m not sure how this is written in English (not my main language). For some reason saying that DateA is … Read more
So, recently I came across an article, which reads: With the newer FPGAs housing dedicated processors, it is worth exploring how applications currently implemented solely on ECUs can be virtualized across the two resources FPGA being Field-Programmable Gate Array, if that’s important. And the thing I don’t seem to get is that ‘housing dedicated’ part. … Read more
How can I write the following in technical terms “Hence, to the best our knowledge, the analysis provided in the following sections for …. by an ABC-node is the first of its kind.” Answer As in: “Hence, to the best our knowledge, the analysis provided in the following sections for …. by an ABC-node is … Read more
What does this word mean? instaciate, otherwise instatiate It’s not in any of my dictionaries, but there are a few too many occurrences of this word in programming communities and across the Internet for me to believe that these people all really mean “instantiate.” Bonus: Argue for a correct spelling. Answer instantiate, verb in·stan·ti·ate | … Read more
The space between flights of stairs that is kinda like a tunnel of sorts. Or a shaft. Does it have a name? It needs a name. Maybe this should be posted on a architecture page. Answer I think you are referring to stairwell: a long, vertical passage through a building around which a set … Read more
I’m thinking about things like the switches in a rice cooker that won’t let you turn them on without actually adding rice and water to the pot, or a handle bar on a lawn mower that turns the engine off if you let go. Is there a specific term for those kinds of safety features? … Read more
I’m looking for a word to describe the type of hand-cuff straps used in, for example Avatar the film. They begin as a straight strip with a curve like a tape-measure, then when you “crack” them they curl around the wrist. Answer OK, I have no idea about The Avatar, but your description reminded me … Read more
