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Basic Bites Glossary
08/20/2024
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Basic Bites Index Platform OS models Memory Virtual memory Scheduling Work scheduling I/O I/O models System Res System-wide shared resources Programming Program models Execution Native vs. Managed Types Copy, Move, Reference Functions Functions, methods, lambdas Safety Avoiding undefinded behavior Platform API Access to OS API Structure Code structures Functions Functions, methods, lambdas Object Model Instance semantics Lifetime Construction to Destruction Res Mgmt Alloc & Dealloc Ownership Single owner, borrowing Summary Native vs Managed Native Pros & cons Managed Pros & cons    
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Table 1.0 Basic Platform Terms

Term Definition
Platform Computer, operating system, tools
Examples: Intel x86, ARM, ... & Windows, Linux, macOS ... & Visual Studio Code, MSVC, gcc, gdb, ...
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