Programming terms starting with G

21 terms

  1. garbage collection The automatic detection and freeing of memory that is no longer in use. The Java runtime system performs garbage collection so that programmers never…
  2. garbage collector A daemon thread that recycles objects to which there are no extant references within a program.
  3. GCF (Generic Connection Framework) The Generic Connection Framework (GCF) makes it easy for wireless devices to make network connections. It is part of CLDC and CDC and resides in the javax.
  4. general entity An entity that is referenced as part of an XML document's content, as distinct from a parameter entity, which is referenced in the DTD.
  5. generic Official nonbrand names by which medicines are known. Generic names usually refer to the chemical name of the drug.
  6. GID Group ID--in Unix, the numeric group ID that the "operating system" uses to identify you and members of your "group".
  7. glob Strictly, the shell's * character, which will match a "glob" of characters when you're trying to generate a list of filenames.
  8. global Something you can see from anywhere, usually used of variables and subroutines that are visible everywhere in your program.
  9. global destruction The "garbage collection" of globals (and the running of any associated object destructors) that takes place when a Perl "interpreter" is being shut down.
  10. global variable A phenomenon that is more usually regarded as being a problem in structured programming languages than in object-oriented languages.
  11. glue language A language such as Perl that is good at hooking things together that weren't intended to be hooked together.
  12. goto This is a reserved Java keyword. However, it is not used by current versions of the Java programming language.
  13. GPRS (General Packet Radio System) The General Packet Radio System (GPRS) is the next generation of GSM. It will be the basis of 3G networks in Europe and elsewhere.
  14. Granularity The size of the pieces you're dealing with, mentally speaking.
  15. greedy A "subpattern" whose "quantifier" wants to match as many things as possible.
  16. grep Originally from the old Unix editor command for "Globally search for a Regular Expression and Print it", now used in the general sense of any kind of…
  17. group (also referred to as a Technology Center or TC) - a unit of several Group Art Units in the mechanical, electrical, chemical or design area, managed by one…
  18. GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications) The Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) is a wireless network system that is widely used in Europe, Asia, and Australia.
  19. GUI Graphic User Interface. 123
  20. GUI (Graphical User Interface) A set of screen presentations and metaphors that utilize graphic elements such as icons in an attempt to make an operating system easier to use.
  21. GV An internal "glob value" typedef, holding a "typeglob". The "GV" type is a subclass of "SV".