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Program ↔ self-contained sequence of Statement to perform task

aka Programs

Algorithm​

Finite sequence of instructions

Scaffolding​

utility Program to generate Boilerplate/template, set App skeleton

References​

  1. JS Engine ↔ Program to execute JS Source Code, consists of Call Stack, Heap, Callback Queue & Event Loop

  2. Runtime Environment ↔ Place to Execute Program, with platform-specific Global Scope access

  3. Compiler ↔ Program to translate Source Code to Machine Code (or IR)

  4. Shell ↔ Program to expose OS functionality (via CLI)

  5. Domain ↔ target area for Program purpose/use-case

  6. Computer ↔ Electronic machine to run Programs to perform tasks

  7. Procedural Programming ↔ (Paradigm) Imperative subset to split Program into smaller sub-tasks (Procedure)

  8. Source Code ↔ Human readable Abstraction over Machine Code, to write Programs

  9. User Agent ↔ Program to rep person || bot to browse WWW

  10. Browser ↔ UA Program to GET & display Web Pages

  11. Runtime ↔ final lifecyle stage when Program is run inside EC

  12. Compile Time ↔ Program lifecycle phase to Compile Source Code

  13. Decomposition ↔ Factoring; Paradigm stragegy for organizing Program by breaking down complex system into simpler parts

  14. Business Logic ↔ Rules & Logic for Program to deal with users & its purpose

  15. Scaffolding ↔ utility Program to generate Boilerplate/template, set App skeleton

  16. node-inspector ↔ Node DevTool to debug with step-wise breakpoints for Programs

  17. Compile Time ↔ phase of Program execution lifecycle during which Code is being compiled into Machine Code

  18. Process ↔ Program instance run on OS

  19. Functional Programming ↔ (Paradigm) to construct Programs as MCF (Modular Composable Functions ) (Modular Composable)

  20. Software ↔ set of Programs to perform tasks (on Computer)

  21. .exe ↔ portable binary executable to Package & deliver Programs on Windows

  22. Socksifier ↔ Program to allow App to access network

  23. daemon ↔ Program run as background Process

  24. JS Compiler ↔ Program to transform JS Code, consists of Baseline Compiler, Optimization Compiler & Monitor

  25. Web Crawler ↔ 🤖 Program to systematically browse & index all public web pages (for Search Engine)

  26. Bootstrap ↔ startup Program to init OS ie POST, Boot Loader, etc - or broadly to init/load/setup something

  27. Boot Loader ↔ Program to load OS from disk

  28. Containerize ↔ (process) to Package Programs into Container for xplat compat

  29. Dev tool ↔ Utility Program to dev Software

  30. Concern ↔ logic/purpose of Program