Programming terms starting with T

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  1. (to be) dropped modules When Perl 5 was first released (see perlhistory), several modules were included, which have now fallen out of common use.
  2. T9 T9 is a text input method for mobile phones and other small devices. It replaces the "multi-tap" input method by guessing the word that you are trying to…
  3. tag See: label.
  4. tainted Said of data derived from the grubby hands of a user and thus unsafe for a secure program to rely on.
  5. TCP Transmission Control Protocol (Internet protocol).
  6. TCP (Transmission Control Protocol) A protocol within TCP/IP that governs the breakup of data messages into packets to be sent by IP (Internet Protocol) and the reassembly and verification…
  7. TCP endpoint The combination of an IP address and Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) port number.
  8. TCP/IP Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol A collection of protocols that define the basic workings of the features of the Internet.
  9. TDMA (Time Division Multiple Access) Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) is a second-generation modulation standard using bandwidth allocated in the 800 MHz, 900 MHz, and 1900MHz ranges.
  10. Technology Compatibility Kit (TCK) A test suite, a set of tools, and other requirements used to certify an implementation of a particular Sun technology conformant both to the applicable…
  11. Telematics Telematics is a location-based service that routes event notification and control data over wireless networks to and from mobile devices installed in…
  12. Template a standard shape that the race car must comply to be within the NASCAR rules. The template closely resembles the shape of the factory car.
  13. Term A term is the length of time between when a fixed-income security, such as a bond or note, is offered for sale and its maturity date.
  14. terminator 1. A DNA sequence just downstream of the coding segment of a gene, which is recognized by RNA polymerase as a signal to stop synthesizing mRNA. 2.
  15. ternary An "operator" taking three operands. Sometimes pronounced "trinary".
  16. ternary operator See conditional operator
  17. text A "string" or "file" containing primarily printable characters.
  18. Thin Client A networked user computer that acts only as a terminal and stores no applications or user files. May have little or no hard drive space. See Client.
  19. this A Java reserved word with several different uses: Within a constructor, it may be used as the first statement to call another constructor in the same…
  20. thread A series of postings on a particular topic. Threads can be a series of bulletin board messages (for example, when someone posts a question and others…
  21. thread starvation A condition that applies to a thread that is prevented from running by other threads that do not yield or become blocked.
  22. throw A Java keyword that allows the user to throw an exception or any class that implements the "throwable" interface.
  23. throw an exception When an exceptional circumstance arises in a program - often as a result of a logical error, and exception object is created and thrown.
  24. throw statement A statement used to throw an exception. For instance throw new IndexOutOfBoundsException(i+" is too large.");
  25. throws A Java keyword used in method declarations that specify which exceptions are not handled within the method but rather passed to the next higher level of…
  26. throws clause A clause in a method header indicating that one or more exceptions will be propagated from this method.
  27. TIE this is where neither the house nor the player wins.
  28. timesharing system An operating system that shares processor time between multiple processes by allocating each a timeslice.
  29. timeslice The amount of running time allocated to a process or thread before the scheduler considers another to be run.
  30. TMTOWTDI There's More Than One Way To Do It, the Perl Motto. The notion that there can be more than one valid path to solving a programming problem in context.
  31. Toggle A switch that is either on or off, and reverses to the opposite when selected.
  32. Token See definition for: access token
  33. tokener A module that breaks a program text into a sequence of tokens for later analysis by a parser.
  34. tokenizing Splitting up a program text into tokens. Also known as "lexing", in which case you get "lexemes" instead of tokens.
  35. Tomcat Tomcat is a reference implementation of the Java servlet and JavaServer Pages (JSP) specifications.
  36. tool provider An organization or software vendor that provides tools used for the development, packaging, and deployment of J2EE applications.
  37. toolbox approach The notion that, with a complete set of simple tools that work well together, you can build almost anything you want.
  38. top level class A class defined either at the outermost level of a package or a static nested class.
  39. topic A communication channel to send messages and subscribe to notifications. It provides an access point for publishers and subscribers to communicate with…
  40. transaction Includes any series of related steps carried out as part of a prearranged plan.
  41. transaction attribute A value specified in an enterprise bean's deployment descriptor that is used by the EJB container to control the transaction scope when the enterprise…
  42. transaction isolation level The degree to which the intermediate state of the data being modified by a transaction is visible to other concurrent transactions and data being modified…
  43. transaction manager Provides the services and management functions required to support transaction demarcation, transactional resource management, synchronization, and…
  44. transient A keyword in the Java programming language that indicates that a field is not part of the serialized form of an object.
  45. transliterate To turn one string representation into another by mapping each character of the source string to its corresponding character in the result string.
  46. trigger (TRIH-ger) In medicine, a specific event that starts a process or that causes a particular outcome.
  47. trinary Not a stellar system with three stars, but an "operator" taking three operands. Sometimes pronounced "ternary".
  48. troff A venerable typesetting language from which Perl derives the name of its 0 variable and which is secretly used in the production of Camel books.
  49. true Any scalar value that doesn't evaluate to 0 or "".
  50. truncating Emptying a file of existing contents, either automatically when opening a file for writing or explicitly via the truncate function.
  51. trusted applet An applet with more privileges than an ordinary (untrusted) applet.
  52. try A Java keyword that defines a block of statements that may throw a Java language exception.
  53. try clause See try statement.
  54. try statement The try statement acts as an exception handler - a place where exception objects are caught and dealt with.
  55. twos-complement notation In twos-complement notation, the most significant bit in an integer value is used as the sign bit.
  56. type A class or interface.
  57. type casting Converting data from one type to another. C permits this. Perl does not need it. Nor want it.
  58. typed lexical A "lexical variable" that is declared with a "class" type: my Pony $bill.
  59. typedef A type definition in the C language.
  60. typeglob Use of a single identifier, prefixed with *. For example, *name stands for any or all of $name, @name, %name, &name, or just name.
  61. typemap A description of how C types may be transformed to and from Perl types within an "extension" module written in "XS".