Meaning of Hello World | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A simple script or program designed to output the text "Hello World" as a demonstration of the computer language or environment.
2. A simple first program for any purpose.
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Equivalents

Examples

“The Hello World of Web 2.0”

“Google refers to this as the "Hello World" of Google Maps.”

“Animated Clock: The Hello World of Animated and Interactive SVG”

“This is the “hello world” of parallel programming. It is a simple array assignment used to demonstrate the distribution of data among multiple tasks and the communications required to accomplish it.”

“The Land attack is famous for two reasons: It is a very elegant one or two-packet kill, and it is the “hello world” of intrusion-detection filters.”

“float[] blurKernel = { // the 'hello world' of Image Ops :) […] Chapter 30 is about online chat, the “hello world” of network programming.”

“I was going to make a Pong game, but I am so sick of Pong for the “hello world” of games, I thought why not a lunar lander game?”

“Thus, our goal for each experiment is to get a single LED blinking; this is the “hello world” of hardware.”

“The “hello world” of reduce() is its use of a simple addition function or its lambda equivalent seen earlier in this chapter: • def mySum(x,y): return x+y • lambda x,y: x+y […] Using Twisted to implement our tiny simplistic example is like using a sledgehammer to pound a thumbtack, but you have to get started somehow, and our application is the equivalent to the “hello world” of networked applications.”

“Simple calculations and currency conversions have become the “hello world” of web service examples.”

“Trivial race between two increments. A version of this program appears in many books on concurrency or operating systems; it is the “hello world” of race conditions.”

“Plus, I also got tired of reading books, articles, and blog posts that use blog engines or some sort of content management system as the example to teach everything. The blog engine has become the “hello world” of today’s programming book.”

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