Celery

Summary Distributed task queue in python Details NAME space settings from django.conf import settings import os from celery import Celery os.environ.setdefault('DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE', 'epay.settings') app = Celery('epay') app.config_from_object('django.conf:settings', namespace='CELERY') # value of namespace means all the celery settings will start with "CELERY_" #ref: https://stackoverflow.com/a/54839366/5305401 app.autodiscover_tasks()

May 11, 2022 · 1 min · Jaaved Khan

Preposition

Summary Connects noun phrase to another part of the sentence. Placed before noun phrase. (or) Prepositions tell us where or when something(one noun/pronoun or noun phrase) is in relation to something else(noun/pronoun or noun phrase). preposition means “place before”, it usually placed before noun phrase. grammar blue book: no preposition without its object. Details Prepositions often tell us where one noun is in relation to another (e....

May 8, 2022 · 1 min · Jaaved Khan

make

Summary automation tool tool used to run (any shell)commands to read files, process these files and write to the processed files. e.g.: executable programs from source code build tool: it builds data files, plots, papers, programs or libraries. although popular for compiling and building, it can be used for running any arbitrary commands. mostly used for C or C++ compilation Makefile ref ``` target: source command ``` ``` target1: target2 target1_command...

May 8, 2022 · 1 min · Jaaved Khan

OpenPGP

Summary OpenPGP is the most widely used email encryption standard. It is defined by the OpenPGP Working Group of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) as a Proposed Standard in RFC 4880. OpenPGP was originally derived from the PGP software, created by Phil Zimmermann. ref.

May 8, 2022 · 1 min · Jaaved Khan

window system

Summary In computing, a windowing system (or window system) is software that manages separately different parts of display screens.[1] It is a type of graphical user interface (GUI) which implements the WIMP (windows, icons, menus, pointer) paradigm for a user interface. Protocol to interact with Display ServerWindow Manager Window System is the protocol that the Display Server talks, Window Manager talk using the Window System protocol o arrange and style the windows on the screen....

May 7, 2022 · 1 min · Jaaved Khan

Desktop Environment

Summary A varying set of applications that make up the various things people want to do with their computers. Examples of applications generally included in a desktop environment would be settings applications to change things like resolution, window styling, keyboard layout, mouse settings, etc. Examples Gnome Unity KDE XFCE LXDE.

May 7, 2022 · 1 min · Jaaved Khan

Window Manager

Summary Desktop Environments will depend on a window manager to allow users to move around the windows that their applications create and style/manage the title bars around the windows. Examples xmonad i3 openbox

May 7, 2022 · 1 min · Jaaved Khan

Display Server

Summary Display Server draws the contents of your screens. Examples XOrg Server Wayland

May 7, 2022 · 1 min · Jaaved Khan

XOrg Server

Summary X.Org server is the open source implementation of X Window system Display Server

May 7, 2022 · 1 min · Jaaved Khan

Wayland

Summary A modern display server.

May 7, 2022 · 1 min · Jaaved Khan