Referring to software programming that is closer to machine code or hardware operations, often requiring detailed knowledge of hardware specifications.
"Low-level programming, such as assembly language programming, offers more control over hardware but is more complex and less portable."
Lorem Ipsum is placeholder text commonly used in the design and publishing industries. It resembles Latin but is nonsensical, allowing focus on layout and design. Designers use Lorem Ipsum to fill space until final content is available.
"Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisci elit, sed eiusmod tempor incidunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrum exercitationem ullam corporis suscipit laboriosam, nisi ut aliquid ex ea commodi consequatur. Quis aute iure reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint obcaecat cupiditat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum."
A design goal that seeks to reduce the interdependencies between components of a system, making it easier to change one component without affecting others.
"Loose coupling is achieved by designing system components to interact with each other through simple, stable interfaces."
A programming construct that repeats a block of code multiple times, until a specified condition is met.
"Loops are fundamental to programming, allowing tasks to be automated and repeated easily."
A sequence of instructions that is continually repeated until a certain condition is reached.
"Loops are fundamental control structures used in programming to repeat a block of code multiple times."
Often used in code review processes to indicate that the reviewer has approved the changes.
"After reviewing the pull request, the senior developer commented LGTM, signaling it was ready to merge."
A type of support policy from software developers, offering extended support for an older version of their software, typically focusing on security updates and critical fixes rather than new features.
"Long-term support versions are ideal for enterprise environments where stability and security are prioritized over having the latest features."
A bug in a program that causes it to operate incorrectly, but not to terminate abnormally (or crash).
"A logical error might result in incorrect output or data processing, but the program will continue to run."
A method of database replication in which transaction logs are periodically copied from one server to another.
"Log shipping can be used for failover scenarios, enabling a backup server to take over in case the primary server fails."
A file that records either events that occur in an operating system or other software runs, or messages between different users of a communication software.
"Log files are used by system administrators to troubleshoot problems and by software developers to understand how their program is being used."
A web storage API that allows JavaScript sites and apps to store and access data right in the browser with no expiration date.
"localStorage is used for saving user preferences and data across sessions without needing to send this data back to the server every time."
A point in a domain where the function value is lower than at neighboring points, so it's not the lowest point in the domain but locally it appears to be.
"Optimization algorithms often seek to avoid getting stuck in local minima when searching for a global minimum."
In mathematics, a point in a domain where the function value is higher than at neighboring points, so it's not the highest point in the domain but locally it appears to be.
"Identifying local maxima in data sets is important in various applications, such as finding peaks in stock market prices."
A type of non-functional testing that determines a system's behavior under both normal and anticipated peak load conditions.
"Load testing helps ensure that a web application can handle high volumes of traffic without performance degradation."
The process of distributing a set of tasks over a set of resources, with the goal of making their overall processing more efficient.
"Load balancing is commonly used in web server configurations to distribute incoming requests across multiple servers to prevent any single server from becoming overloaded."
A format for the arrangement of bytes in which the least significant value in the sequence is stored at the lowest storage address.
"Little-endian is the byte order used by x86 processors, where the least significant byte is stored first."
A concise way to create lists in some programming languages. It consists of brackets containing an expression followed by a for clause, then zero or more for or if clauses.
"List comprehensions in Python provide a way to build lists using a notation that mirrors the notation mathematicians might use to create sets."
An ordered collection of items which can contain elements of different types, changeable, and allow duplicate values.
"In Python, lists are created by placing all the items (elements) inside square brackets [], separated by commas."
An abstract data type that represents a countable number of ordered values, where the same value may occur more than once.
"Lists are used in programming to store sequences of data that can be modified, with elements being added, removed, or changed."
Linux ricing refers to the practice of customizing and beautifying the Linux desktop environment for aesthetic appeal and personal preference. It involves tweaking various aspects such as themes, icons, fonts, and window managers to create a visually pleasing and personalized user interface.
"Bob spent hours ricing his desktop, tweaking themes and icons to create a cool user environment. "
A tool that analyzes source code to flag programming errors, bugs, stylistic errors, and suspicious constructs.
"Linters help maintain code quality and adhere to coding standards, making the code more readable and maintainable."
A program that takes one or more objects generated by compilers and combines them into a single executable program.
"The linker resolves references between objects and libraries, finalizing the code that can be run on the hardware."
A linear collection of data elements, called nodes, where each node points to the next node by means of a pointer.
"Linked lists are a fundamental data structure, used to implement queues, stacks, and other abstract data types."
A linear collection of data elements, whose order is not given by their physical placement in memory.
"In a linked list, each element points to the next, making it a dynamic data structure that allows efficient insertions and deletions."
In the context of web frameworks, the series of events that occur from the instantiation of a web page/component to its destruction, including creation, update, and teardown stages.
"Understanding the rendering lifecycle is crucial for optimizing web applications and managing resources efficiently."
A collection of non-volatile resources used by computer programs, often to develop software.
"Libraries can include configuration data, documentation, help data, message templates, pre-written code and subroutines, classes, values or type specifications."
A program or subroutine that performs lexical analysis, converting a sequence of characters into a sequence of tokens.
"The lexer, or lexical analyzer, breaks down the source code into meaningful symbols that the parser can understand."
The smallest unit of language that has meaning or a grammatical function, in the context of programming languages, such as keywords, identifiers, literals, and operators.
"During lexical analysis, the source code is divided into lexemes as a preliminary step to parsing and compilation."
A statement used in programming languages to declare a block-scoped local variable, optionally initializing it to a value.
"The 'let' statement in JavaScript is similar to 'var', but with a smaller scope, reducing the likelihood of errors due to unintended variable reassignments."
Software code that relates to a no-longer supported or manufactured operating system or other computer technology.
"Working with legacy code can be challenging due to its age, lack of documentation, and incompatibilities with modern systems."
LeetCode is a platform for coding practice, technical interview preparation, and community engagement in the tech industry.
"I regularly use LeetCode to practice coding and prepare for technical interviews."
The bit in the binary representation of a number that is the lowest order bit, having the least value.
"The least significant bit can change the value by the smallest possible amount when flipped, often used in bitwise operations and calculations."
A cache eviction algorithm that discards the least recently used items first to make space for new items.
"An LRU cache is useful for efficiently managing memory in applications where only the most recently accessed data is likely to be reused."
An adaptation of lean manufacturing principles and practices to the software development domain, with an emphasis on minimizing waste and maximizing value.
"Lean software development focuses on delivering quality software quickly by eliminating unnecessary activities and focusing on essential tasks."
In a tree data structure, a node that does not have any children nodes.
"Leaf nodes represent the 'end' of a path in a tree, containing actual data rather than pointers to other nodes."
A design pattern in programming where initialization of an object is delayed until the point just before it is actually needed.
"Lazy loading is often used in web development to delay loading images or other content until they're about to be displayed, improving page load times."
A call-by-need strategy that delays the evaluation of an expression until its value is actually needed and caches the result for future use, avoiding repeated evaluations.
"Lazy evaluation can improve performance by avoiding unnecessary calculations, especially in programs with complex data structures."
The delay before a transfer of data begins following an instruction for its transfer.
"Reducing latency is crucial for performance-sensitive applications, such as online gaming and real-time financial trading."
An anonymous function expressed as a single expression, typically used for short, simple functions that can be defined inline.
"Lambda functions are widely used in functional programming languages and frameworks to perform operations on collections of data."
A powerful, efficient, lightweight, embeddable scripting language supporting procedural programming, object-oriented programming, functional programming, data-driven programming, and data description.
"Lua is commonly used in game development and as an extension language in applications due to its flexibility and small footprint."
The process of adapting a product or content to a specific locale or market, including translating text and adapting other elements to cultural preferences.
"L10n involves not just translation of the content, but also adaptation of cultural nuances, currencies, and units of measure to the target locale."
A family of programming languages with a long history and a distinctive, fully parenthesized prefix notation.
"Lisp is known for its powerful macro system and has a profound influence on the evolution of programming languages."
A family of open-source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991, by Linus Torvalds.
"Linux is widely used in servers, desktops, mobile devices, and embedded systems, known for its stability and security."
In JavaScript, the Lexical Environment is a place where identifiers lives or are physically present during the program execution. \nTechnically, It is an internal hierarchical data structure of the JS engine that hold identifier-variable mapping. It consists of two main components: the environment record and a reference to the outer environment.\n
"When a function is executed, a new Execution Context is created, when an Execution Context is created, a Lexical Environment is created.\n\nVariables declared with 'var' are hoisted to the top of their enclosing lexical environment.\n\nThe Lexical Environment is a key part of understanding how variable and function scope works in JavaScript."
A backward-compatible language extension for CSS, which is a dynamic preprocessor style sheet language that can be compiled into CSS and run on the client side or server side.
"LESS extends CSS with dynamic behavior such as variables, mixins, operations, and functions."
A lossless data compression algorithm that is simple to implement and has a fast decompression time.
"LZW is widely used in various file formats, including GIF and TIFF, for compressing data without losing any information."
A web application framework with expressive, elegant syntax, aiming to make the development process pleasing for the developer without sacrificing application functionality.
"Laravel simplifies tasks such as routing, authentication, sessions, and caching, making it a popular choice for web developers."
A fast and lightweight local development environment that simplifies the process of setting up a Windows development environment.
"Laragon includes popular applications like Apache, MySQL, and PHP, allowing developers to easily manage and switch between multiple projects."
An esoteric programming language inspired by lolspeak, the language expressed in memes of the LOLcats.
"LOLCODE is designed to be humorous and not intended for serious programming tasks."
