hello world

1. alternativeAlternative form of Hello World.

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

   2006, André LaMothe, The Black Art of Video Game Console Design, [Carmel, Ind.]: Sams Publishing, →ISBN, page 511

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   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.

   1999, R. Michael Hord, “Appendix”, in Understanding Parallel Supercomputing (IEEE Press Understanding Science & Technology Series), Piscataway, N.J.: IEEE Press, →ISBN, page 301

   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.

   2001, Stephen Northcutt, Judy Novak, Donald McLachlan, “[Denial of Service] Elegant Kills”, in Network Intrusion Detection: An Analyst’s Handbook, 2nd edition, Indianapolis, Ind.: New Riders, →ISBN, page 249

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

   2005, Andrew Davison, Killer Game Programming in Java™ (Java Gaming & Graphics Programming), Sebastopol, Calif.: O’Reilly Media, Inc., →ISBN, pages 157 and 769

   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?

   2006, André LaMothe, Game Programming for the Propeller Powered HYDRA: A Guide to Developing Games, Graphics, and Media Applications for the HYDRA Game System, [Rocklin, Calif.]: Parallax Inc., →ISBN, page 455

   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.

   2007, Wesley J. Chun, Core Python Programming, 2nd edition, Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Prentice Hall, →ISBN, pages 448 and 737

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1. computingA simple script or program designed to output the text "Hello World" as a demonstration of the computer language or environment.

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1. broadlycomputingA simple first program for any purpose.

   The Hello World of Web 2.0

   2006, Eric Van der Vlist, Erik Bruchez, Danny Ayers, Joe Fawcett, Alessandro Vernet, Professional Web 2.0 programming

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

   2006, Rael Dornfest, Paul Bausch, Tara Calishain, Google hacks

   Animated Clock: The Hello World of Animated and Interactive SVG

   2008, Shelley Powers, Painting the Web