A programming language developed by AT&T Bell Laboratories in the late 1980s, known for its simplicity, expressiveness, and powerful string processing capabilities, often used for system administration and text processing tasks on Unix-like operating systems.
"The script was written in W to extract data from log files and generate reports."
A special type of subroutine called to create an object. It prepares the new object for use, often accepting arguments that the constructor uses to set required member variables.
"In Java, a constructor has the same name as the class and is used to initialize objects of that class."
Radio-Frequency Identification, a technology that uses electromagnetic fields to automatically identify and track tags attached to objects.
"The warehouse implemented RFID technology to improve inventory management."
In programming, refers to actions that happen automatically without being explicitly programmed, often hidden from the user or developer.
"Magic methods in Python are special methods that provide 'magic' behavior to certain operations, like arithmetic operations or item assignment."