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What is the difference between memoization and dynamic programming?

What is the difference between memoization and dynamic programming? I think dynamic programming is a subset of memoization. Is it right? 11 Answers ...

May 14, 2022
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What is a practical use for a closure in JavaScript?

I’m trying my hardest to wrap my head around JavaScript closures. I get that by returning an inner function, it will have access ...

May 13, 2022
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What is a web service endpoint?

Let’s say my web service is located at http://localhost:8080/foo/mywebservice and my WSDL is at http://localhost:8080/foo/mywebservice?wsdl. Is http://localhost:8080/foo/mywebservice an endpoint, i.e., is it the ...

May 13, 2022
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In Docker, what’s the difference between a container and an image? [duplicate]

This question already has answers here: What is the difference between a Docker image and a container? (30 answers) Closed 3 years ago. ...

May 13, 2022
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UI Terminology: Logon vs Login [closed]

Closed. This question is off-topic. It is not currently accepting answers. Want to improve this question? Update the question so it’s on-topic for ...

May 12, 2022
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Static/Dynamic vs Strong/Weak

I see these terms bandied around all over the place in programming and I have a vague notion of what they mean. A ...

May 11, 2022
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What is the difference between tree depth and height?

This is a simple question from algorithms theory. The difference between them is that in one case you count number of nodes and ...

May 11, 2022
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Difference between ‘cls’ and ‘self’ in Python classes?

Why is cls sometimes used instead of self as an argument in Python classes? For example: class Person: def __init__(self, firstname, lastname): self.firstname ...

May 11, 2022
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How to explain callbacks in plain english? How are they different from calling one function from another function?

How to explain callbacks in plain English? How are they different from calling one function from another function taking some context from the ...

May 9, 2022
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What is the difference between task and thread?

In C# 4.0, we have Task in the System.Threading.Tasks namespace. What is the true difference between Thread and Task. I did some sample ...

May 7, 2022
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