The term computer programmer can refer to a specialist in one area of computer programming or to a generalist who writes code for many kinds of software.

The term programmer can be used to refer to a software developer, software engineer, computer scientist, or software analyst.

However, members of these professions typically possess other software engineering skills, beyond programming ; for this reason, the term programmer is sometimes considered an insulting or derogatory oversimplification of these other professions.

Alternative terms such as " cracker " were coined in an effort to distinguish between those adhering to the historical use of the term " hack " within the programmer community and those performing computer break-ins.

The programmer subculture of hackers disassociates from the mass media's pejorative use of the word ' hacker ' referring to computer security, and usually prefer the term ' cracker ' for that meaning.

Within the computer programmer subculture of hackers, the term hacker is also used for a programmer who reaches a goal by employing a series of modifications to extend existing code or resources.

The term computer programmer can refer to a specialist in one area of computer programming or to a generalist who writes code for many kinds of software.

The term programmer can be used to refer to a software developer, Web Developer, Mobile Applications Developer, Embedded Firmware Developer, software engineer, computer scientist, or software analyst.

However, members of these professions typically possess other software engineering skills, beyond programming ; for this reason, the term programmer is sometimes considered an insulting or derogatory oversimplification of these other professions.

Other popular fictional works that use the concept of virtual reality include William Gibson's Neuromancer which defined the concept of cyberspace, Neal Stephenson's Snow Crash, in which he made extensive reference to the term avatar to describe one's representation in a virtual world, and Rudy Rucker's The Hacker and the Ants, in which programmer Jerzy Rugby uses VR for robot design and testing.

The term cargo cult programmer may also apply when an unskilled or novice computer programmer ( or one not experienced with the problem at hand ) copies some program code from one place and pastes it into another place, with little or no understanding of how the code works, or whether it is required in its new position.

The term programmer has often been used as a pejorative term to refer to those without the tools, skills, education, or ethics to write good quality software.

The origin of the term deathmatch in the context of video games is disputed, especially as it is not well-defined ; for pointers, the term might have been coined by game designer John Romero while he and lead programmer John Carmack were developing the LAN multiplayer mode for the video game Doom, another source to investigate is the fighting game World Heroes 2, also developed and released in the early 1990s as an early use of the term.

The term was first used in this respect by web programmer Tim Burden on his blog, and has also been used by news business pundit Jeff Jarvis.

The term comes from comparing the bouncing attention of the programmer to the up-down movement of a toy yo-yo.

Edsger W. Dijkstra coined the term " separation of concerns " to describe the mentality behind this modularization, which allows the programmer to reduce the complexity of the system being designed.

Game programming has many specialized disciplines all of which fall under the umbrella term of " game programmer ".

Nowadays, the derogatory term " programmer art " has come to imply the kind of bright colors and blocky design that was typical of early video games.

For historical reasons, some organizations use the term systems programmer to describe a job function which would be more accurately termed systems administrator.

`` I may possibly be a greater risk than is the normal person of my age '', the President had said on February 29th of the election year, ignoring the fact that no one of his age had ever lived out another term.

For the near term, however, it must be realized that the industrial and commercial market is somewhat more sensitive to general business conditions than is the military market, and for this reason I would expect that any gain in 1961 may be somewhat smaller than those of recent years ; ;

The term altruism may also refer to an ethical doctrine that claims that individuals are morally obliged to benefit others.

Abnormal and pathological anxiety or fear may itself be a medical condition falling under the blanket term " anxiety disorder ".

The term may be common to Italo-Celtic, because the Celtic languages have terms for high mountains derived from alp.

The term analog signal usually refers to electrical signals ; however, mechanical, pneumatic, hydraulic, and other systems may also convey analog signals.

" Capitalism ," as anarcho-capitalists employ the term, is not to be confused with state monopoly capitalism, crony capitalism, corporatism, or contemporary mixed economies, wherein market incentives and disincentives may be altered by state action.

In statistics, the term analysis may refer to any method used

The term may also refer to the physical region where the electron can be calculated to be, as defined by the particular mathematical form of the orbital.

Most often, the term describes those who create within a context of the fine arts or ' high culture ', activities such as drawing, painting, sculpture, acting, dancing, writing, filmmaking, photography, and music — people who use imagination, talent, or skill to create works that may be judged to have an aesthetic value.

The term may be also used loosely or metaphorically to denote highly skilled people in any non -" art " activities, as well — law, medicine, mechanics, or mathematics, for example.

English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Hebrew, Arabic, Portuguese, and Russian speakers may use the term American to refer to either inhabitants of the Americas or to U. S. nationals.

They generally have other terms specific to U. S. nationals, such as German US-Amerikaner, French étatsunien, Japanese 米国人 beikokujin, Arabic أمريكاني amriikaanii ( as opposed to the more-common أمريكي amriikii ), and Italian statunitense, but these may be less common than the term American.

Latin Americans also may employ the term norteamericano ( North American ), which conflates the United States, Canada and Mexico.

Its coastal acquisition may have been one reason yellow amber came to be designated by the same term as ambergris.

The second suggestion is " vine ", which is reached through * Ambilō, which may be related to the Greek term ámpelos, itself meaning " vine, liana ".

Although the term aeon may be used in reference to a period of a billion years ( especially in geology, cosmology or astronomy ), its more common usage is for any long, indefinite, period.

" " Giving Directions " is the term for thinking and projecting an anatomically ideal map of how one's body may be used effortlessly.

However, some immigrants from African, Caribbean, Central American and South American nations, and their descendants, may be identified or self-identify with the term.

The Dictionary of Politics: Selected American and Foreign Political and Legal Terms defines the term Alford plea as: " A plea under which a defendant may choose to plead guilty, not because of an admission to the crime, but because the prosecutor has sufficient evidence to place a charge and to obtain conviction in court.

The term may also apply to works of fiction purporting to be autobiographies of real characters, e. g., Robert Nye's Memoirs of Lord Byron.

As with those who engage other activities such as singing or running, the term may apply broadly to anyone who engages in it even briefly, or be more narrowly limited to those for whom it is a vocation, habit or characteristic practice.

However, the Church declared that "' Extreme unction ' ... may also and more fittingly be called ' anointing of the sick '" ( emphasis added ), and has itself adopted the latter term, while not outlawing the former.

In law, the term abeyance can only be applied to such future estates as have not yet vested or possibly may not vest.

Current hypotheses suggest that asexual reproduction may have short term benefits when rapid population growth is important or in stable environments, while sexual reproduction offers a net advantage by allowing more rapid generation of genetic diversity, allowing adaptation to changing environments.