# Cell phones with advanced computing capabilities, typically at least requiring fully-featured Internet browsing
...y fast computation. {{w|Folding@home}} and {{w|SETI@home}} are distributed computing projects that aim to solve extremely large computational problems by poolin
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...ce diagram}}, one usually employed for describing network communication in computing. As the messages travel at the speed of light and Proxima Centauri b is ove
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...board}}" with "{{w|leopard}}" in a regex (or {{w|regular expression}}). In computing, a regular expression provides a concise and flexible means to "match" (spe
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...indicate that the browser was able to communicate with a given {{w|Server (computing)|server}}, but the server could not find what was requested. The error may
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...s a {{w|metaphor}}, which compares the reader with a Lisp {{w|Interpreter (Computing)|interpreter}}. The interpreter looks for the parenthesis until the end of
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This puns on the computing sense of "negotiation": network protocols (such as HTTP) often specify rout
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...they are literally identical as far as appearance goes. The apotheosis of computing via a browser is probably the {{w|Chromebook}}, a range of laptops whose op
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...ay itself was good, Stallman worries because the essay was in the {{w|Doc (computing)|.doc}} format, the {{w|Proprietary Software|proprietary format}} that old
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...y, which contains or "stores" the clouds. Last panel is a pun on {{w|cloud computing}} and specifically {{w|cloud storage}}, and looks like a follow up to [[103
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ACM is the {{w|Association for Computing Machinery}}, which at the time of writing sponsored the {{w|ACM Internation
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...on|recursively}}''," and contended that "''thinking about'' [functional] ''computing is one of the most exciting things the human mind can do''."
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...e is performing a "blind search" in his head. When doing a blind search in computing, there are two main tactics—{{w|depth-first search}} (DFS), and {{w|bread
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This comic is a reference to all of the companies that rolled out {{w|Cloud computing|"cloud"}} services like {{w|Google}}'s and {{w|Amazon}}'s music service and
...bandwidth to make that possible, he explains that it's done by {{w|Cache (computing)|caching}}. Caching is an arrangement whereby some data is stored locally i
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...e value of time_t rolls over, that is it will return to zero. time_t is a computing standard measurement of time; it is a count of the number of seconds since
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...ually superhero material, which lends itself to the humor of the comic. In computing, a {{w|regular expression}} ("regex") provides a concise and flexible means
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...without the explicit self-reference. Named after the paradox, a {{w|quine (computing)|quine}} is also a computer program which outputs its own source code.
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...w|General-purpose programming language|general-purpose}}, {{w|Interpreter (computing)|interpreted}}, {{w|dynamic programming language}}s.
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...erformed by {{w|Assembly language#Assembler|assemblers}}, {{w|Interpreter_(computing)|interpreters}}, or {{w|compilers}}.
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...relating the code to his personal life. Finally, he adds an {{w|Assertion (computing)|assertion}}, which is normally a formal specification of a condition that
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...anded devices). Many operating systems offer a standardized {{w|Interface (computing)|interface}} called {{w|POSIX}}, which wraps the services offered by the di
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...final joke refers to the command line interface being called a {{w|Shell (computing)|shell}}, and to a particular type of shell called {{w|zshell}} (<code>/bin
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{{w|Tar (computing)|tar}} ("tape archive") is a {{w|Unix|Unix}} application that creates (and
The title text points out that while much of computing changes very quickly, the tar program, which is very old (originating ca. 1
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...byte simply plays on the fact that complex analysis is required in quantum computing in relation to quantum mechanics. The imaginary number is represented as ''
|used in quantum computing
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...ds. An RFC, or {{w|Request for Comments}}, is a formal document put out to computing experts by {{w|IETF}} in the hopes of becoming a future standard. However,
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...r of computers networked together resulting in a high-performance parallel computing cluster. For a while, it was a fad to get one running on various strange p
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...e term of "{{w|Software build|building}}" a program, while "{{w|Character_(computing)|character}}" refers to a data type in programming languages. It may also r
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...g/akamai-download-manager-faq.html replaced] ''Akamai''). These {{w|Patch (computing)|software increments}} might either be technical (to fix compatibility or s
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...ggests, these systems are meant to be used by multiple people or {{w|User (computing)|users}}, sometimes at the same time. To prevent malicious or accidental de
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...be a little nerd sniping: wasting the time of anyone familiar enough with computing to know how to decode it.
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...ndows machines to [[Megan]]. The machines nominally have {{w|Trojan_horse_(computing)|mail trojans}}, {{w|Warhol worm}}s, all sorts of {{w|polymorphic virus}}es
...rk that allows computers to exchange data. In computer networks, networked computing devices exchange data with each other using a data link. The connections be
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...an important result in quantum mechanics, especially in regards to quantum computing.
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...and many would prove to be very influential in the development of personal computing. Some of the technologies demonstrated found success in the following decad
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...mingly-impossibly can raise ideas in the mind of the reader of how quantum computing involves processing multiple possibilities at once, or how machine learning
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...ultiple file extensions are sometimes used to disguise a {{w|Trojan horse (computing)|trojan program}} as a document. The sheer number of extensions in the comi
*<tt>{{w|Tar (computing)|.tar}}</tt> — a {{w|file}} archive popular in {{w|Unix}} and {{w|Unix-li
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...to unfriend people refers to practice of correct {{w|Resource management (computing)|resource management}} in computer programming. Computer programs typicall
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...imilarly, ⅓ + ⅓ + ⅓ = 1 no matter what any physical hardware you are computing it on claims.
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.... In fact much spam is stopped by identifying emails through {{w|Honeypot (computing)|Honeypot}} accounts, among other methods.
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...unction is defined as a normal function but can conclude instantly without computing the 10000th Fibonacci number (a daunting task) since this second parameter
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...e user can choose to be reminded later multiple times. Because {{w|Reboot (computing)|rebooting}} a computer takes a significant amount of time and closes any p
...}.{{Citation needed}} However, low-level software, such as the {{w|kernel (computing)|kernel}} or {{w|driver (software)|drivers}}, might cause hardware to misbe
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:Mobile computing annual sales $220,000,000,000
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Usually shutting down a {{w|Server (computing)|server}} is done via the operating system or software. Directly turning it
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...ssing power of a network of personal computers in order to achieve massive computing power. Individuals can join the project by installing the F@H software (the
Note that most modern computers do not "waste" computing time as much as older ones. They dynamically reduce their clock speed and o
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| titletext = Cloud computing has a ways to go.
...e network is the computer", and the mantra of technologies for distributed computing such as {{w|Common Object Request Broker Architecture|CORBA}}, {{w|Enterpri
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...at this is not due to abnormal behavior of the software (such as {{w|Hang (computing)|freezing}}), but rather because either the user or the software itself has
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...epresenting [[Randall]], admits to the readers he built a flimsy {{w|Cloud computing|cloud}} services company using spare computers and parts. Included in the c
...being a [[:category:Portmanteau|portmanteau]] of "[[xkcd]]" and "{{w|Cloud computing|cloud}}", here pronounced XK-cloud. The portmanteau incidentally still cont
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...ly referring to quantum indeterminacy of qubits, which are used in quantum computing.
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| Mobile computing annual sales || $220,000,000,000 ||
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...lanation]], in the form of a fictional conversation between Margaret and a computing running OpenSSL, explaining the problems with the {{w|Heartbleed bug}} and
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...in the [[:Category:My Hobby|My Hobby series]]. It describes a distributed computing network using an automated system to simultaneously run trillions of Tamago
...clude large {{w|Bitcoin network}} mining operations, the {{w|Worldwide LHC Computing Grid}} or, yes, running trillions of simultaneous Tamagotchis using an AI p
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...another gets practically impossible despite having all kinds of {{w|Cloud computing|cloud}} tools available, many of them designed to perform much more complex
*{{w|Library (computing)|Library}}: In this context, a library is a part of a computer program whic
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