Programming terms starting with V

19 terms

  1. v-string A "version" or "vector" "string" specified with a v followed by a series of decimal integers in dot notation, for instance, v1.20.300.4000.
  2. Valid Sound and justified; meeting the test of patentability.
  3. validating parser A parser that ensures that an XML document is valid in addition to being well formed. See also parser.
  4. Value In determining the monetary equivalent for assets and gifts, value is a good faith estimate of the fair market value if the exact value is neither known…
  5. value-binding expression A JavaServer Faces EL expression that refers to a property of a backing bean. A component tag uses this expression to bind the associated component's…
  6. variable An item of data named by an identifier. Each variable has a type, such as int or Object, and a scope.
  7. variable declaration The association of a variable with a particular type. It is important to make a distinction between the declaration of variables of primitive types and…
  8. variable interpolation The "interpolation" of a scalar or array variable into a string.
  9. variadic Said of a "function" that happily receives an indeterminate number of "actual arguments".
  10. vector any living creature that transmits an infectious agent to humans.
  11. virtual Is a process by which multiple operating systems (servers) run on a single piece of hardware or physical server
  12. virtual desktop The name used to describe a user's graphical working area within a window manager.
  13. virtual host Multiple hosts plus domain names mapped to a single IP address.
  14. virtual machine See Java Virtual Machine (JVM).
  15. virtual memory A computer will have a limited amount of real memory available to it. Programs often require more memory than the amount of real memory.
  16. VLR (Visitor Location Register) The Visitor Location Register (VLR) is a database that contains temporary information about subscribers.
  17. Void Invalid; a void agreement is one for which there is no remedy.
  18. void context A form of "scalar context" in which an "expression" is not expected to return any "value" at all and is evaluated for its "side effects" alone.
  19. volatile A solid or liquid material that easily vaporizes.