2020-12-4: [Newcomers Welcome] List of words that should be added

[baileythegreen]

This is a list I put together of words I think should be included in the glossary. Many of them are used in the existing definitions for other words; some are not. This seemed like a reasonable way to capture the words all in one place, and invite others to help fill them in. (It is possible some of these have been added since I made the list.)

Entries should be checked off once a PR has been successfully merged, but maybe comment 'claiming' ones you are working on.

When writing your entries, please use British spellings, rather than American ones, and try to keep the lines approximately the same width as those in other entries.

• algorithm
• browser cache
• byte
• cache memory
• caller
• collection
• command
• configuration file
• control flow
• CPU
• data collision
• data structure
• decrement
• dict comprehension
• encoding
• error
• event
• execute
• feature
• field
• flag
• hardware
• head
• heap
• increment
• index
• inheritance
• input
• inspect
• interface
• ipython
• jupyter
• jupyter notebook
• keyword
• latency
• linked list
• loop
• map
• merge
• multiple assignment
• network
• node
• non-terminating
• option
• parameter
• properties
• PyPI
• queue
• record
• recurse
• reduce
• reserved word
• scope
• set
• set comprehension
• source code
• stack
• state machine
• subroutine
• trie
• type
• union
• unix
• user interface
• variable
• warning
• workflow

[edfoster10]

Hi - I'm claiming "byte", will submit PR shortly!

[jananiharan]

Hi! I just created a PR for "command"

[mdbjax]

Hello - I will be claiming data structure

[davidyakobovitch]

I would like to claim terms, but I don't have competency in all the languages. How does it work if we want to do just English?

[baileythegreen]

@davidyakobovitch None of us have competency in all of the languages. I believe that usually the English entry comes first, and is then translated into other languages as people who speak them come along. Claim your entries and define them in whatever language(s) you are competent in. The editors will check the language, and then once a PR is merged, the entries you add can be found an translated by others.

[ailisarre]

Hi. I would like to claim "hardware", "CPU" and "configuration file". I will submit PR within a few days.

[RainierBarrett]

Regarding "cache", I would suggest there be separate entries for "cache memory" and "browser cache", which are both likely to come up but quite separate concepts.

[baileythegreen]

@RainierBarrett This is a good suggestion. I've updated the list. It may be useful to have a cache entry that simply points to the other two.

[callumrollo]

I'd like to define PyPI. It could also make sense to do pip and conda-forge at the same time.

[baileythegreen]

@callumrollo

Go ahead! You are more than welcome to define words that are not in this list, but are missing. This is just here to help draw people in by making it a bit easier to find some missing words.

[sandyavila]

Hello there, I would like to claim the following: "source code", "queue", and "execute." I am inputting separate pull requests shortly. Thanks.

[baileythegreen]

@sandyavila Feel free to do them as one, or as several pull requests; which ever you find easier. Just make sure you change the name to something more specific than 'Update glossary.yml'!

[sandyavila]

@baileythegreen Thanks! I am not sure how to add the Pull Request. I am ready to post all three definitions.

[baileythegreen]

@sandyavila If you've already committed them, in the browser, go to the branch you committed them to, and just above the list of files in the repository you'll see a box that says something about how many commits ahead/behind the carpentries/glosario repo your branch is, with a Pull Request option, and a Compare option.

Click on Pull Request.

[sandyavila]

@baileythegreen Thank you! I think I did it. :)

[fiona-galston]

Will write entry for loop as part of checkout process, have checked this list and open PRs and can't see it taken

[leedotson]

I would like to claim keyword

[fiona-galston]

Will write entry for loop as part of checkout process, have checked this list and open PRs and can't see it taken

PR created #295

[tyt3]

Claiming 'decrement' and 'increment'. Will make a PR soon.

[badryan]

Claiming 'browser cache' in my first steps with the contributors' workflow. Let's see how it goes.

[badryan]

Claiming 'control flow'. PR to follow.

[badryan]

Claiming 'reserved word'. PR to follow.

[badryan]

Claiming 'source code'. PR to follow.

[badryan]

Claiming 'interface'. PR to follow.

[agully1]

I'd like to claim 'user interface'. PR coming shortly.

edit: PR created, #366

[ashwinvis]

@baileythegreen Hi, the following terms have been defined atleast once in the main branch, but appears as pending task here. Shouldn't it be checked out?

Update: removed some partial matches

browser_cache
control_flow
decrement
field
increment
node
parameter
pypi
record
reserved_word
scope
source_code

Here is the script that I used to check this: https://gist.github.com/ashwinvis/980412bcbed221f95fa89cbdb73b40be

[ashwinvis]

I would like to define 'ipython', or rather 'IPython'. PR to follow soon.

[souravsingh]

@baileythegreen I am working on variable and unix

[Harry-Dolan]

would like to define Data Collison - PR to follow soon.

[MilenaLa]

I would like to add a definition for encoding. PR to follow.

[williamleeburgess]

With respect to @souravsingh (#239 (comment)), I think eight months is a reasonable head start---therefore since I don't yet see an entry for "unix" in glossary.yml, I've made a unix entry and will presently make a pull request.

Edit: PR williamleeburgess#1

[rileyskye]

I think it would be helpful to add "pre-alpha", "alpha", and "beta" for development milestones to the glossary--I had to look up what these terms meant! I have not done this myself yet.

[jameswarduwa]

I would like to add a definition for 'index'. PR to follow.

[hspd]

I can add an explanation of the Linked list.