August 2008
Intermediate to advanced
368 pages
7h 54m
English
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Glossary
- λ-function
an anonymous function.
- Abstract Syntax Tree
the data structure representing a symbolic expression or program, with operators at nodes and values (typically symbols or numbers) at the leaves.
- Abstract type
a type with a visible name but hidden implementation. Abstract types are created by declaring only the name of the type in a module signature, and not the complete implementation of the type as given in the module structure.
- Accumulator
a variable used to build the result of a computation. The concept of an accumulator underpins the fold algorithm (introduced on page 40). For example, in the case of a function which sums the elements of a list, the accumulator is the variable which holds the cumulative sum while the algorithm is running.
- ADO.NET
part of the .NET framework that deals with database programming.
- Algorithm
a mathematical recipe for solving a problem. For example, Euclid's method is a well-known algorithm for finding the largest common divisor of two numbers.
- Array
a flat container which provides random access to its elements in O (1) time-complexity. See section 3.2.
- ASP.NET
part of the .NET framework that deals with web programming.
- Associative container
a container which represents a mapping from keys to values.
- Asymptotic complexity
an approximation to the complexity of an algorithm, derived in the limit of infinite input complexity and, typically, as a lower or upper bound. For example, an algorithm with a complexity f(n) = 3 + 3n + n2 has an asymptotic complexity ...
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