Computer Science
Metaphors in the theoretical and formal aspects of computing — algorithms, data structures, complexity, type systems.
Entries (53)
- Buffer Overflow metaphor
- C Casting metaphor
- C Pointer metaphor
- C String metaphor
- Computer Virus Is Biological Infection metaphor
- Confused Deputy paradigm
- Cron Job metaphor
- Cyberspace Is a Place metaphor
- Device Driver metaphor
- DNS Domain metaphor
- Environment Variable metaphor
- Everything Is a File paradigm
- File Permissions metaphor
- Filesystem Mount metaphor
- Filesystem Root metaphor
- Filesystem Tree metaphor
- Genetic Engineering Is Biological Programming metaphor
- Grok metaphor
- Grok Is Deep Understanding metaphor
- Halting Problem paradigm
- Holodeck Is Total Simulation metaphor
- Memory Heap metaphor
- Memory Leak metaphor
- Memory Stack metaphor
- Mentat Is Human Computer metaphor
- Metaverse Is Shared Virtual World metaphor
- Needle in a Haystack metaphor
- Network Port metaphor
- Network Socket metaphor
- No Free Lunch Theorem mental-model
- Null Pointer metaphor
- Permissions Are Keys metaphor
- Poison Pill metaphor
- Process Fork metaphor
- Process Kill metaphor
- Process Parent-Child metaphor
- Process Sleep metaphor
- Process Thread metaphor
- Process Trap metaphor
- Shim metaphor
- Source and Sink Analysis paradigm
- Stdin, Stdout, Stderr metaphor
- Symlink metaphor
- TCP Handshake metaphor
- The Borg Is Assimilation metaphor
- Trojan Horse metaphor
- Troll metaphor
- Unix Filter metaphor
- Unix Pipe metaphor
- Unix Shell metaphor
- Unix Signal metaphor
- Unix Tee metaphor
- Uploading Is Digital Immortality metaphor