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Concepts related to software.

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Random

Definition
A random value is a value that can be any value.
Block List

Definition
A list of users, actions, words, or other things that are blocked.
Open Next File in Folder

Definition
A functionality found in applications that open files such as image viewers and video players in which upon opening a single file from a folder it's possible to navigate from the application to the next file in the same folder without having to manually add all files in the folder to the application.
Platform

Definition
The target platform of an application, or an online service available as website and/or smartphone app, specially if it allows users to publish their own content.
How Libraries (DLL's) Work

Explanation
In this article, we'll learn a bit about how libraries (files with the .dll extension on Windows) work, including why are .dll's necessary, and why some problems that occur with them.
Why Electron Applications Exist?

Explanation
Applications made with Electron ("Electron apps") are literally an entire web browser that must be installed in order to display a single webpage containing the source code of the application. This means that any webpage on the Internet that contains a web application can be turned into an Electron app, including browser games like Cookie Clicker, and it also means there must be something seriously wrong with the state of the world if anyone thinks shipping an entire web browser just to display a single webpage makes any sense. After all, why is this even necessary?
Compile

Definition
To turn the source code of a program into machine code, or into some other sort of code intended for its target platform.
Target Platform

Definition
The software and hardware that the application or other software depends upon, is based upon, and as such that is required in order for the application to function.
Machine Code

Definition
The only type of code that a CPU understands.
Silently

Definition
We say a program has failed silently, crashed silently, or silently done something if it has done it without displaying a message to the user, such as an error dialog, a success message dialog, or printed something on the terminal.
Escape

Definition
A key of the keyboard, or a method to use special characters literally in code.
Difference Between Cut and Delete

Explanation
Cut and delete are both actions that you can perform on various applications, and, in most of them, they behave similarly. One exception is how cut and delete behave when you are cutting and deleting files in a file manager.
Bitcoin

Definition
A popular cryptocurrency.
Cryptocurrency

Definition
A form of digital currency designed to be decentralized.
Bug

Definition
An error in how a program was programmed.
Memory Leak

Definition
Explanation
An error in the programming of a program that causes it to eventually consume infinite memory.
Programming Language

Definition
What are programming languages, their types, how they work, and examples.
Delete

"To erase" data, except not exactly.
Artificial Intelligence

What is Artificial Intelligence? Artificial intelligence is a broad term that has many meanings. See the article about AI for a summary of them.
Password

Text code given to a computer program that the program uses to make sure the person typing the password is really who they claim they are.