Codish Lexicon
One word for one meaning, One meaning for one word,
Symmetric opposites, Comprehensive classes.
A dictionary of computer programming names.
absolute — returns the fully qualified path for a given path and the cwd. is: stateless, idempotent distinct: abs, normal, canonical ✍
stateless — an attribute of a function that connotes that a function will always return the same result for given input. opposite: stateful classes: abs, absolute, add, div, first, mul, pad, reversed, slice, sub mentioned: expression, getset, transitive ✍
idempotent — (1.) of unary functions, converging on a return value when reapplied, as when the returned value of one application is passed back as a parameter. a unary function, f, is idempotent iff f(x) eq f(f(x)). (1.a.) an attribute of a unary function that denotes whether the function is idempotent for all values in its domain. (2.) of binary functions, returning the same value when that value is passed to both parameters. a value is idempotent for a binary function iff f(x, x) eq x. a binary function, g, is idempotent iff f(x, x) eq x for all x in its domain. (2.a.) a binary function that returns whether a particular value is idempotent for a given binary function, meaning f(x, x) eq x. (2.b.) an attribute of a binary function that denotes whether the function is idempotent for all values in the domain of both parameters. classes: abs, absolute, normal related: stateful ✍
abs
— absolute value. returns the positive reflection of negative integers, returning positive numbers as they were. a transitive function that maps integers into the natural number line. distinct: absolute is: stateless, idempotent related: neg python: abs(number)
normal — file system: returns the one equivalent path that does not include parent ("..") and self (".") path components. is: idempotent distinct: canonical, absolute geometry: a binary relation between a line and a plane that returns whether the line is perpendicular with every intersecting line in the plane. distinct: perpendicular, orthogonal ✍
path — a list of edges that a cursor can traverse starting at a given vertex and stoping at another. related in the context of file system paths: normal, absolute, canonical aka: segment, segments related: edges mentioned: canonize, parent ✍
stateful — an attribute of a function that indicates that a function may not always return the same result for given input because the result depends on state like an input stream or scope values. opposite: stateless related: idempotent see: state classes: complete, getset, reverse, update mentioned: closure, count, in place, statement ✍
add — returns the result of adding values arithmetically. opposite: sub is: arithmetic, stateless related: zero python: set: Add an element to a set. This has no effect if the element is already present.† related: bale, or, sum aka: concat, merge, plus distinct: extend mentioned: complexity function, end, identity, magnitude, neg, non polynomial time, signed ✍
div — divide. opposite: mul is: multiplicative, stateless related: reciprocal, unit mentioned: atan, identity, radix64 ✍
first — returns the first element of a linear collection. is: stateless opposite: last related: pop seuss: opposite: forst pertains: ordered mentioned: chain, head, heap array, index, peek, queue, shift, tip ✍
mul — multiply. oppostie: div is: multiplicative, stateless related: unit related: and, product aka: array product opposite: div mentioned: complexity function, identity, linear logarithmic time, linear time, neg, non polynomial time, reciprocal ✍
pad — pad a numeric string with a particular character, "0" by default, on either the left or right side or into the "center" or distributed among the interpolated spaces as in justify, by default left, so that the resultant string has a given minimum length. is: stateless related: sprintf related: center aka: zfill ✍
example: pad("1", 3) eq "001"
example: pad("1", 3, " ") eq " 1"
reversed
— returns the reversed form of an iterable. is: stateless distinct: reverse opposite: reversed python: reversed(sequence)
slice — returns the corresponding values for a given range of indicies (indexy). is: stateless python: slice([start,] stop[, step]) Create a slice object. This is used for extended slicing (e.g. a[0:10:2]).† aka: array slice mentioned: indices ✍
sub — calculates a difference of the latter from the former. opposite: add commute: diff distinct: subscript is: arithmetic, stateless related: zero perl: [control flow]: declare a subroutine, possibly anonymously; see: [function]† mentioned: identity ✍
expression — an element of a program's syntax, typically used to express stateless computation through function application (apply), including algebraic operators. aka: term mentioned: destructure, eval, heap array, literal, lvalue, return, statement, whether ✍
getset — dict: get the value for a given key, beforehand setting the value for the key to a default if no key exists yet. is: stateful distinct: get with a default value is stateless as it does not modify the object when it returns the default value. pertains: collection ✍
transitive — going consistently from a source to a target, as a directed edge in a graph or as a stateless unary function. see: transitive function, transitive relation mentioned: ancestors, descendants ✍
unary function — a unary function is a function that takes 1 parameter. mentioned: idempotent ✍
return — a statement that stops the execution within a function, sending the cursor of execution to the function that applyed the current function, and providing a value for the apply expression. perl: [control flow]: get out of a function early† php: If called from within a function, the return() statement immediately ends execution of the current function, and returns its argument as the value of the function call. return() will also end the execution of an eval() statement or script file. &dagger. mentioned: cut, empty, frame, group, higher order function, idempotent, iteration, whether ✍
application — see: apply mentioned: frame, idempotent ✍
param — a variable received by a function when it's called. distinct: argument distinct: arg aka: parameter ✍
eq — equal to. a binary relation that notes whether two objects are mutually equivalent. opposite: ne is: binary relation distinct: is aka: equal, equals, equivalence relation, is same as, is same, same mentioned: dict, idempotent, nxor, radix64, unique ✍
attr — an attribute of an object. a setable and getable value associated with a symbol or name in an object. in some languages, attributes are either private, protected, or public. distinct: item python: property c++: member aka: member, property related: pair ✍
whether — indicates a boolean expression, particularly that a function returns a boolean expression. related: if, iff ✍
function — related: scope, frame, closure includes: apply classes: binary function, boolean function ✍
all
— returns whether all values froma given iterable are true. short circuits on the first falsy value. related: any, every python: all(iterable)
domain — math: the set of all possible parameters of a transitive relation or keys of a dict. distinct: space ✍
binary function — concept: a function that takes two parameters. is: function classes: binary relation distinct: boolean function mentioned: idempotent, identity ✍
neg — arithmetic negation. number: mul -1. integer: returns the two's complement, which means to not2 then add 1. distinct: not, not2, negative related: abs, negative mentioned: scalar, signed ✍
positive — a unary boolean function that returns whether a value is ge zero. opposite: negative related: abs distinct: pos is: sign mentioned: cardinality, integer, natural, signed, true, uint, whole ✍
pos — temporal: position. distinct: positive, abs, index, key perl: [regex]: find or set the offset for the last/next m//g search† php: alias of current() &dagger. see: index aka: position mentioned: remove, shift, time, unshift ✍
negative — a unary boolean function that returns whether a value is lt zero. opposite: positive related: neg distinct: neg is: sign mentioned: abs, false, integer, signed, uint ✍
integer — pertains to number values that are positive, negative, and zero, but have no mantissa. integers have arbitrary magnitude. distinct: int distinct: natural, whole mentioned: abs, bitwise, genericity, pointer, rational, real, ref ✍
transitive function — concept: a unary function that consistently returns the corresponding value in a range for a given key in a domain. distinct: relation, binary relation, transitive relation ✍
map
— a function that returns the respective values for an linear collection of keys and a transitive function. commute: each python: map(function, sequence[, sequence, ...])
natural — pertains to number values that are positive or zero. natural numbers have arbitrary magnitude. distinct: integer, whole, uint mentioned: abs, binary, digit, unsigned ✍
number — concept: a whole, natural, integer, real, or complex numeric value. a transitive function that returns the corresponding number, usually limited to a subset of the real domain like int or float. ✍
orthogonal — a binary relation between two lines that denotes that a point moving along one line, projected on the other line, would not move. all perpendicular lines are orthogonal. some skew lines are orthogonal but not perpendicular. distinct: normal, perpendicular mentioned: axis ✍
parent — file system: a directory arrived at by the path component "..". the root of a file system often has a parent link to itself. related: child, root, leaf, base, ancestor, descendant opposite: child transitive: ancestors mentioned: heap array, normal, parent class ✍
binary relation — concept: a binary function that returns whether the parameters have a given relationship (source to target), useful for map and for constructing graphs. is: binary function, relation distinct: boolean function includes: eq, ne, lt, gt, le, ge distinct: transitive function classes: eq, ge, gt, le, lt, ne, transitive relation related: relation mentioned: equivalence relation, inherits, is, judge, normal, orthogonal, skew ✍
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