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  2. Associative array - Wikipedia

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    In computer science, an associative array, map, symbol table, or dictionary is an abstract data type that stores a collection of (key, value) pairs, such that each possible key appears at most once in the collection. In mathematical terms, an associative array is a function with finite domain. [1] It supports 'lookup', 'remove', and 'insert ...

  3. Python syntax and semantics - Wikipedia

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    In Python, functions are first-class objects that can be created and passed around dynamically. Python's limited support for anonymous functions is the lambda construct. An example is the anonymous function which squares its input, called with the argument of 5:

  4. SQL - Wikipedia

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    SQL was initially developed at IBM by Donald D. Chamberlin and Raymond F. Boyce after learning about the relational model from Edgar F. Codd [12] in the early 1970s. [13] This version, initially called SEQUEL (Structured English Query Language), was designed to manipulate and retrieve data stored in IBM's original quasirelational database management system, System R, which a group at IBM San ...

  5. PHP - Wikipedia

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    In this manner, normal PHP functions can be used, for example, as callbacks or within function tables. [225] User-defined functions may be created at any time without being prototyped. [224] [225] Functions may be defined inside code blocks, permitting a run-time decision as to whether or not a function

  6. Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Science/October 2005 ...

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    Well, it does depend on the tree, but most "normal" trees (not, for example, palm trees) have living cells in the outer sections of their trunks (except the bark) and dead cells in the interior and the bark. Details: There is a thin, roughly cylindrical shell called the vascular cambium, which is where a tree does its growing.

  7. Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Science/September 2005 ...

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    Alice: If you are working on, or have access to, an Apple Macintosh running Mac OS X, and which also has a copy of Word (perhaps your local library or uny computer lab?), it's easy: Open the file up with Word on the Mac, select "Print" from the "File" menu, then click the "Save as PDF" button. The PDF will look more or less exactly like how the ...