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Common way to code a relatively small construct
(i.e. programming language). Many such constructs are found in multiple programming contexts yet tend to vary by context. Like a linguistic idiom, a programming
Programming_idiom
Opaque data type which stores a memory address
default; } Application binary interface Handle (computing) Programming idiom Chris McKillop. "Programming Tools — Opaque Pointers". QNX Software Systems. Archived
Opaque_pointer
Approach to managing resources by tying them to object lifetime
acquisition is initialization (RAII) is a programming idiom used in several object-oriented, statically typed programming languages to describe a particular
Resource acquisition is initialization
Resource_acquisition_is_initialization
Reusable solution template to a commonly-needed software behavior
Repository Programming idiom Refactoring Software development methodology Alexandrescu, Andrei (2001). Modern C++ Design: Generic Programming and Design
Software_design_pattern
Syntactical, grammatical, or structural form peculiar to a language
Collocation Cliché Phraseme Semantic equivalence (linguistics) Usage Programming idiom Principle of compositionality Arbitrariness Merriam-Webster, Merriam-Webster's
Idiom_(language_structure)
Topics referred to by the same term
Instrumental idiom, a concept in music Programming idiom, a concept in computer science Idiom Island, an island in Montana in the Yellowstone River Idiom, a company
Idiom_(disambiguation)
Simple programming idiom in a program to detect and manage a serious error condition
graceful exit (or graceful handling) is a simple programming idiom[citation needed] wherein a program detects a serious error condition and "exits gracefully"
Graceful_exit
Ability of a process to examine and modify itself
a programming construct. These features can be implemented in different ways. In MOO, reflection forms a natural part of everyday programming idiom. When
Reflective_programming
Programming idiom for efficiently sorting a list by a computed key
In computer programming, the Schwartzian transform is a technique used to improve the efficiency of sorting a list of items. This idiom is appropriate
Schwartzian_transform
Design pattern in functional programming to build generic types
In functional programming, monads are a way to structure computations as a sequence of steps, where each step not only produces a value but also some
Monad (functional programming)
Monad_(functional_programming)
Organizing code into modules
Modular programming is a programming paradigm that emphasizes organizing the functions of a codebase into independent modules, each providing an aspect
Modular_programming
Computer data variable
In computer programming, a flag can refer to one or more bits that are used to store a binary value or a Boolean variable for signaling special code conditions
Flag_(programming)
C/C++ programming idiom
X macros are an idiomatic usage of programming language macros for generating list-like structures of data or code. They are most useful when at least
X_macro
Program function without side effects
account of the sequence arguments having changed. The I/O monad is a programming idiom typically used to perform I/O in pure functional languages. The outputs
Pure_function
Repetition of a process
iteration requires that foreknowledge. Some types of programming languages, known as functional programming languages, are designed such that they do not set
Iteration
Term for an idiom in the C++ language
JTC1/SC22 WG21) to refer to an idiom introduced by John Barton and Lee Nackman as restricted template expansion. The idiom is characterized by an in-class
Barton–Nackman_trick
Design pattern in pure functional programming
In functional programming, a functor is a design pattern inspired by the definition from category theory that allows one to apply a function to values
Functor (functional programming)
Functor_(functional_programming)
Computer language specialized to a specific set of requirements or function
parameters change because they affect program behavior. General purpose programming languages rarely support such idioms, but domain-specific languages can
Domain-specific_language
Process of repeating items in a self-similar way
theory about infinitely iterated function composition Infinite loop – Programming idiom Infinite regress – Philosophical problem Infinitism – Philosophical
Recursion
Topics referred to by the same term
Releases, alternate name for Resource Acquisition Is Initialization programming idiom The Cadre (newspaper), the student-run newspaper at University of
Cadre
Algorithm that arranges lists in order
information into a standard order K-sorted sequence Schwartzian transform – Programming idiom for efficiently sorting a list by a computed key Search algorithm –
Sorting_algorithm
Use of functions that call themselves
computer programming languages support recursion by allowing a function to call itself from within its own code. Some functional programming languages
Recursion_(computer_science)
General-purpose programming language
collection. Python supports multiple programming paradigms but with an emphasis on object-oriented programming and dynamic typing. Guido van Rossum began
Python_(programming_language)
Object that creates other objects
concept as the factory pattern, while others consider the concept a programming idiom, reserving the term factory pattern or factory patterns to more complicated
Factory (object-oriented programming)
Factory_(object-oriented_programming)
In computer programming, the act of swapping two variables refers to mutually exchanging the values of the variables. Usually, this is done with the data
Swap_(computer_programming)
Programming idiom in Unix
exec", Tim Love, University of Cambridge Engineering Department Advanced Programming in the UNIX Environment, W. Richard Stevens, Addison-Wesley ISBN 0-201-56317-7
Fork–exec
Pejorative term for highly repetitive programming
Copy-and-paste programming, sometimes referred to as just pasting, is the production of highly repetitive computer programming code, as produced by copy
Copy-and-paste_programming
Discontinued mobile operating system
Symbian-specific programming idioms like descriptors and a cleanup stack. Similar methods exist to conserve storage space. Further, all Symbian programming is event-based
Symbian
Intermediate structure between functors and monads
Conor; Paterson, Ross (2008-01-01). "Applicative programming with effects". Journal of Functional Programming. 18 (1): 1–13. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.114.1555. doi:10
Applicative_functor
Programming language
for generic programming in initial versions of Go drew considerable criticism. The designers expressed an openness to generic programming and noted that
Go_(programming_language)
Programming idiom
Endless Loop "Endless loop in C/C++". Archived from the original on 2016-08-03. Make an infinite loop in several languages, on programming-idioms.org.
Infinite_loop
Resilience of systems to component failures or errors
efficient management of connectivity Graceful exit – Simple programming idiom in a program to detect and manage a serious error condition Intrusion tolerance –
Fault_tolerance
Type of cyber-attack
Industrial espionage – Theft of corporate information Infinite loop – Programming idiom Intrusion detection system – Network protection device or software
Denial-of-service_attack
2008 textbook
principles of programming languages presented four to six (or even more) programming languages and discussed their programming idioms and their implementation
Essentials of Programming Languages
Essentials_of_Programming_Languages
Data type that allows for values that are one of multiple different data types
of other variables, possibly in an enclosing struct. One common C programming idiom uses unions to perform what C++ calls a reinterpret_cast, by assigning
Union_type
Approach to software development
Literate programming (LP) is a programming paradigm introduced in 1984 by Donald Knuth in which a computer program is given as an explanation of how it
Literate_programming
General-purpose programming language
general-purpose programming language created by Danish computer scientist Bjarne Stroustrup. First released in 1985 as an extension of the C programming language
C++
Subroutine call performed as final action of a procedure
efficiency, tail-call elimination is important in the functional programming idiom known as continuation-passing style (CPS), which would otherwise quickly
Tail_call
Mathematical-logic system based on functions
evidently leading back to the original. There is a considerable body of programming idioms for lambda calculus. Many of these were originally developed in the
Lambda_calculus
Programming technique in C++
erase–remove idiom is a common C++ technique to eliminate elements that fulfill a certain criterion from a C++ Standard Library container. A common programming task
Erase–remove_idiom
Functional programming language for arrays
symbols instead of APL symbols. APL (named after the book A Programming Language) is a programming language developed in the 1960s by Kenneth E. Iverson. Its
APL_(programming_language)
8-bit microprocessor from 1975
Archived from the original on 2008-04-24. Retrieved 2008-06-14. A 6502 programming idiom documented in the ProDOS 8 Technical Reference Manual. "1.4.1.2.8
MOS_Technology_6502
Style of computer programming
Generic programming is a style of computer programming in which algorithms are written in terms of data types to-be-specified-later that are then instantiated
Generic_programming
This is an alphabetical list of common English-language idioms based on baseball, excluding the extended metaphor referring to sex, and including illustrative
Glossary of English-language idioms derived from baseball
Glossary_of_English-language_idioms_derived_from_baseball
Abstract data type for storing distinct values
sets can be implemented in terms of maps. For example, a common programming idiom in Perl that converts an array to a hash whose values are the sentinel
Set_(abstract_data_type)
Programming language
formerly Objective Caml) is a general-purpose, high-level, multi-paradigm programming language which extends the Caml dialect of ML with object-oriented features
OCaml
Type system in computer science
Haskell.[further explanation needed] In Scala, type classes are a programming idiom that can be implemented with existing language features such as implicit
Type_class
Programming language
by starting with familiar Java syntax before acquiring more Groovy programming idioms. Groovy features not available in Java include both static and dynamic
Apache_Groovy
Programming language for industrial controllers
the ladder diagram. Ladder logic has evolved into a programming language that represents a program by a graphical diagram based on the circuit diagrams
Ladder_logic
Extent to which a programming language discourages type errors
In computer science, type safety is the extent to which a programming language discourages or prevents type errors.[vague] Type-safe languages are sometimes
Type_safety
Topics referred to by the same term
and the Easy album by Great Big Sea Graceful exit, a simple programming idiom in a program to detect and manage a serious error condition Graceful labeling
Graceful_(disambiguation)
Diagram that represents a workflow or process
common idioms of such languages without strictly adhering to the details of a particular one. Also, flowcharts are not well-suited for new programming techniques
Flowchart
In computer programming, suppose we have a data item A whose value depends on data item B, i.e., the value of A must be changed after the value of B changes
Active_updating
Programming language design principles
pythonic idioms" (PDF). Proceedings of the 2018 ACM SIGPLAN International Symposium on New Ideas, New Paradigms, and Reflections on Programming and Software
Zen_of_Python
Topics referred to by the same term
alternate name for the Resource Acquisition Is Initialization (RAII) programming idiom This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title
RRIF
Part of a computer program where a given name binding is valid
In computer programming, the scope of a name binding (an association of a name to an entity, such as a variable) is the part of a program in which the
Scope_(computer_programming)
Software design paradigm
decreasing the number of decisions a developer needs to make include programming idioms and configuration libraries with a multilayered architecture. Some
Convention_over_configuration
Book by Andrei Alexandrescu
class design or policy-based programming, is the term used in Modern C++ Design for a design approach based on an idiom for C++ known as policies. It
Modern_C++_Design
Humorous academic idiom
Underwater basket weaving is an idiom referring, pejoratively, to useless or absurd college or university courses and often generally to refer to a perceived
Underwater_basket_weaving
Topics referred to by the same term
network interface card Decorate-sort-undecorate, a computer science programming idiom Disjoint-set data structure, a data structure used to track disjoint
DSU
Software design pattern
The curiously recurring template pattern (CRTP) is an idiom, originally in C++, in which a class X derives from a class template instantiation using X
Curiously recurring template pattern
Curiously_recurring_template_pattern
Topics referred to by the same term
of theater in Switzerland Leaning toothpick syndrome, a computer-programming idiom that describes a surfeit of backslashes Liquid tradable securities
LTS
Text processing programming language
awk Programming (3rd ed.). Sebastopol, CA: O'Reilly Media. ISBN 0-596-00070-7. Retrieved 2009-04-16. Robbins, Arnold (2000). Effective Awk Programming: A
AWK
Biblical figure
surname is German for hunter, befitting the monicker). Nim (programming language) – Programming language was named after Nimrod, later shortened to Nim Hawker
Nimrod
Technique for creating lexically scoped first class functions
In programming languages, a closure, also lexical closure or function closure, is a technique for implementing lexically scoped name binding in a language
Closure (computer programming)
Closure_(computer_programming)
Open-source data analytics software
Spark. Pig Latin abstracts the programming from the Java MapReduce idiom into a notation which makes MapReduce programming high level, similar to that of
Apache_Pig
part of a computer program's memory that helps software developers find buffer overflows while developing the program. When a program is compiled for debugging
Guard_byte
Programming language feature
necessity.[citation needed] In this section, we compare how particular programming idioms are handled in a functional language with first-class functions (Haskell)
First-class_function
Ironic phrase in software development
In software development, small matter of programming (SMOP) or simple matter of programming is a phrase used to ironically indicate that a suggested feature
Small_matter_of_programming
Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in 2014 for contributions to programming idioms for parallel and distributed systems and design of scalable shared
Umakishore_Ramachandran
Family of backward-compatible assembly languages
x86 assembly language is a family of low-level programming languages that are used to produce object code for the x86 class of processors. Previous evolutions
X86_assembly_language
Idiom
"Tell it to the Marines" is an English-language idiom, originally with reference to Britain's Royal Marines, connoting that the person addressed is not
Tell_it_to_the_Marines
General-purpose functional programming language
functional programming language with compile-time type checking and type inference. It is popular for writing compilers, for programming language research
Standard_ML
Variable that represents an argument to a function
In computer programming, a parameter, a.k.a. formal argument, is a variable that represents an argument, a.k.a. actual argument, a.k.a. actual parameter
Parameter (computer programming)
Parameter_(computer_programming)
Function called at the end of an object's lifetime
In object-oriented programming, a destructor (sometimes abbreviated dtor) is a method which is invoked mechanically just before the memory of the object
Destructor (computer programming)
Destructor_(computer_programming)
Idiom
Wiktionary, the free dictionary. To see a man about a dog, horse or duck is an idiom, especially British English, of apology for one's imminent departure or
See_a_man_about_a_dog
Technique of documenting design choices in source code
Design Contract, Refactoring, Effective Programming Idioms, Blueprints, etc.) must be implemented via programming and naming conventions, because they go
Design_marker
Javascript design pattern
function expression (or IIFE, pronounced "iffy", IPA /ˈɪf.i/) is a programming language idiom which produces a lexical scope using function scoping. It was
Immediately invoked function expression
Immediately_invoked_function_expression
Programming language
are general-purpose programming languages designed for multithreaded parallel computing. They are based on the C and C++ programming languages, which they
Cilk
of example-centric programming is to reduce the time spent by developers searching online. Ideally, in example-centric programming, the user interface
Example-centric_programming
Programming language concept
In computer programming, type variance is the relationship between subtypes of a composite type (e.g. List[Int]) and the subtypes of its components (e
Type_variance
Country primarily in North America
electronic music were also largely developed in the U.S. Elements from folk idioms such as the blues and old-time music were adopted and transformed into popular
United_States
Programming language
The Mouse (sometimes written as MOUSE) programming language is a small computer programming language developed by Dr. Peter Grogono in the late 1970s and
Mouse_(programming_language)
Set of extensions to the x86 instruction set architecture
tables is not thread-safe. MPX does not support several common C/C++ programming idioms, such as flexible array members, referencing one field as an offset
Intel_MPX
English word
1918, page 12. "How Did OK Start? Says Political Club Founded Popular Idiom", United Press International, via the Grand Rapids Press, October 24, 1955
OK
Static code analysis tool
errors As with many analysis programs, there are many unusual cases of programming idioms that may be acceptable in particular target cases or outside of the
Cppcheck
Special function called to create an object
Initialization" (RAII) idiom, resource management can be greatly simplified. Constructors are implemented in different programming languages in various
Constructor (object-oriented programming)
Constructor_(object-oriented_programming)
American animated sitcom
over from Shakespeare and the Bible as our culture's greatest source of idioms, catchphrases and sundry other textual allusions." The most famous catchphrase
The_Simpsons
Infotainment content provided on a hotel TV
set-top box in each room through an L-band type system or directly to Pro:Idiom encrypted television sets through a headend type hotel television system
Hotel_television_systems
West Germanic language
Arjen P. [in Western Frisian] (2017). "13. Traces of a North Sea Germanic Idiom in the Fifth–Seventh Centuries AD". In Hines, John; IJssennagger, Nelleke
English_language
Syntactic construct for creating a list based on existing lists
description of their functional programming language NPL from 1977. In his retrospective "Some History of Functional Programming Languages", David Turner recalls:
List_comprehension
Setting or re-setting the value associated with a variable name
a variable. In other programming languages, Scheme for example, the return value of an assignment is undefined and such idioms are invalid. In Haskell
Assignment_(computer_science)
In programming languages, the object or class the currently running code belongs to
to itself Schizophrenia (object-oriented programming) – Complication in object-oriented programming Program Segment Prefix – Data structure in DOS Dahl
This_(computer_programming)
Concept in computer programming
Compiler Collection (GCC))". Programming Perl 2.9: Hashes Perl core module Net::FTP C++ FAQ, 10.20 What is the "Named Parameter Idiom"? https://web.archive
Named_parameter
Programming language standard
multi-paradigm programming language. It supports a combination of procedural, functional, Artificial intelligence and object-oriented programming paradigms
Common_Lisp
Set of rules defining correctly structured programs
languages. It supports multiple programming paradigms, including structured, object-oriented programming, and functional programming, and boasts a dynamic type
Python_syntax_and_semantics
Type of machine learning model
into other programming languages. They were originally used as a code completion tool, but advances have moved them towards automatic programming. Services
Large_language_model
2024 game show hosted by Rob Lowe
CBS Share in Broadcast Leadership with Returns of Programming in Regular Time Slots". Programming Insider. Retrieved October 3, 2025. Pucci, Douglas
The Floor (American game show)
The_Floor_(American_game_show)
Programming languages binary operator
In the C and C++ programming languages, the comma operator (represented by the token ,) is a binary operator that evaluates its first operand and discards
Comma_operator
American semiconductor design company
Bluespec SystemVerilog (BSV), a high-level functional programming hardware description programming language which was essentially Haskell extended to handle
Bluespec
PROGRAMMING IDIOM
PROGRAMMING IDIOM
PROGRAMMING IDIOM
PROGRAMMING IDIOM
Male
Chinese
eastern sea.
Girl/Female
Spanish
Guardtower.
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim, Sindhi
Wait
Boy/Male
Tamil
Heart
Boy/Male
Tamil
Prayank | பà¯à®°à®¯à®¾à®‚கÂ
Cot, A mountain
Boy/Male
Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Having Knowledge of Guru's Word
Boy/Male
French
Young rabbit.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : unexplained.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : variant of Schoen.Korean : variant of Son.
Girl/Female
Muslim/Islamic
Smile
Boy/Male
Tamil
Manju Prasad | மஂஜ௠பà¯à®°à®¸à®¾à®¤Â
Snow, Dewdrops, Beautiful
PROGRAMMING IDIOM
PROGRAMMING IDIOM
PROGRAMMING IDIOM
PROGRAMMING IDIOM
PROGRAMMING IDIOM
n.
An idiom of the Saxon or Anglo-Saxon language.
n.
A Yankee idiom, word, custom, or the like.
n.
A Syrian idiom; a Syrianism; a Syriacism.
n.
A vernacular idiom.
n.
A mode of speech peculiar to the Turks; a Turkish idiom or expression; also, in general, a Turkish mode or custom.
n.
A Syrian idiom, or a peculiarity of the Syrian language; a Syriacism.
v. t.
To Latinize; to fill with Latin words or idioms.
a.
Not correct or pure; corrupt; as, vicious language; vicious idioms.
n.
An idiom, or mode of expression, peculiar to Scotland or Scotchmen.
n.
A rural idiom or expression.
a.
Of or pertaining to, or conforming to, the mode of expression peculiar to a language; as, an idiomatic meaning; an idiomatic phrase.
n.
A Syrian idiom; a Syrianism.
a.
Alt. of Idiomatical
n.
A mode of speech peculiar to the Teutons; a Teutonic idiom, phrase, or expression; a Teutonic mode or custom; a Germanism.
n.
The act of rendering into another language; interpretation; as, the translation of idioms is difficult.
a.
Idiomorphous.
n.
A Semitic idiom; a word of Semitic origin.
adv.
In a lower, subject, or subordinate condition; in subjection; -- used chiefly in a few idiomatic phrases; as, to bring under, to reduce to subjection; to subdue; to keep under, to keep in subjection; to control; to go under, to be unsuccessful; to fail.
v. t.
To assume; to adopt; to acquire, as shape; to permit to one's self; to indulge or engage in; to yield to; to have or feel; to enjoy or experience, as rest, revenge, delight, shame; to form and adopt, as a resolution; -- used in general senses, limited by a following complement, in many idiomatic phrases; as, to take a resolution; I take the liberty to say.
v. i.
To use Latin words and idioms.