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The word "fork" has been used to mean "to divide in branches, go separate ways" as early as the 14th century. [2] In the software environment, the word evokes the fork system call, which causes a running process to split itself into two (almost) identical copies that (typically) diverge to perform different tasks.
By January 2023, ChatGPT had become what was then the fastest-growing consumer software application in history, gaining over 100 million users [8] and contributing to the growth of OpenAI's current valuation of $86 billion. [9] [10] ChatGPT's release spurred the release of competing products, including Gemini, Claude, Llama, Ernie, and Grok. [11]
In software development, obfuscation is the act of creating source or machine code that is difficult for humans or computers to understand. Like obfuscation in natural language, it may use needlessly roundabout expressions to compose statements.
A code quality analysis tool that uses static code analysis. RIPS: 2020-02-17 (3.4) No; proprietary — — Java — — — PHP A static code analysis solution with many integration options for the automated detection of complex security vulnerabilities. SAST Online: 2022-03-07 (1.1.0) No; proprietary — — Java — — — Kotlin, APK
A 2023–2024 screen reader user survey by WebAIM, a web accessibility company, found JAWS to be the most popular desktop/laptop screen reader worldwide for primary usage (at 40.5%), while 60.5% of participants listed it as a commonly used screen reader, ranking it second in this measure behind NVDA.
The expression "lean software development" originated in a book by the same name, written by Mary Poppendieck and Tom Poppendieck in 2003. [2] The book restates traditional lean principles, as well as a set of 22 tools and compares the tools to corresponding agile practices.
Source lines of code (SLOC), also known as lines of code (LOC), is a software metric used to measure the size of a computer program by counting the number of lines in the text of the program's source code.
A barcode reader or barcode scanner is an optical scanner that can read printed barcodes and send the data they contain to computer. [1] Like a flatbed scanner, it consists of a light source, a lens, and a light sensor for translating optical impulses into electrical signals.