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A tag is a keyword or label that categorizes your question with other, similar questions. Using the right tags makes it easier for others to find and answer your question.

unless you are addressing Apple's iPhone and/or iPod touch specifically. For questions not dependent on hardware, use the tag [ios]. More tags to consider are [xcode] (but only if …
220613 questions
Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) is an event-driven, object-oriented programming language for writing macros, used for the entire Office suite as well as other applications. VBA is not equivalent t…
215379 questions
XML (Extensible Markup Language) is a structured document format defining text encoding rules. When using this tag include additional tags such as programming language, tool sets, XML technologies bei…
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The Laravel framework is an open-sourced PHP web framework that allows developers to create dynamic and scalable web applications. The source code of Laravel is hosted on GitHub and released under the…
212687 questions
The Spring Framework is an open-source framework for application development on the Java platform. At its core is rich support for component-based architectures, and it currently has over twenty highl…
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The ASP.NET MVC Framework is an open source web application framework and tooling that implements a version of the model-view-controller (MVC) pattern tailored towards web applications and built upon …
A database is an organized collection of data. It is the collection of schemas, tables, queries, reports, views, and other objects. The data is typically organized to model aspects of reality in a way…
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Consider using https://wordpress.stackexchange.com . This tag is for programming-specific questions about the WordPress content management system. Off-topic questions include those about theme develop…
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A string is a finite sequence of symbols, commonly used for text, though sometimes for arbitrary data.
for questions about the Flutter cross-platform UI toolkit. If your question is platform-specific, tag the platform as well (e.g., [android], [ios], etc.). You may also wish to include t…
179092 questions
PostgreSQL is an open-source, relational database management system (RDBMS) available for all major platforms, including Linux, UNIX, Windows and OS X. Mention your version of Postgres when asking que…
177715 questions
MongoDB is a scalable, cross-platform, high-performance, open source, document-oriented NoSQL database. It supports a large number of languages and application development platforms. Questions about s…
176216 questions
Windows Presentation Foundation, or WPF, is a subsystem for rendering user interfaces in Windows-based applications.
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Writing software specific to the Microsoft Windows operating system: APIs, behaviours, etc. GENERAL WINDOWS SUPPORT IS OFF-TOPIC. Support questions may be asked on https://superuser.com
168823 questions
Xcode is Apple's integrated development environment (IDE). USAGE NOTE: Use this tag only for questions about the Xcode IDE itself, and not for general Mac or iOS programming topics. Use [cocoa] for Ma…
159894 questions
When asking about Amazon Web Services (AWS), specify which services you are using. Provide details on your architecture/configuration - do not include proprietary or sensitive information this is a pu…
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**** IMPORTANT NOTE: Do not ask a bash question until after you have copy/pasted your script into http://shellcheck.net and fixed all of the issues it tells you about. **** This tag is for question…
156241 questions
Git is an open-source distributed version control system (DVCS). Use this tag for questions about Git usage and workflows. Do not use this tag for general programming questions that happen to involve …
153101 questions
Oracle Database is a Multi-Model Database Management System created by Oracle Corporation. Do NOT use this tag for other products owned by Oracle, such as Java and MySQL.
152253 questions
Use the Spring Boot tag for questions related to spring boot framework and the features it brings to your Web application. This includes questions about configuration, embedding of the Web servers, se…
149852 questions
A data frame is a 2D tabular data structure. Usually, it contains data where rows are observations and columns are variables and are allowed to be of different types (as distinct from an array or matr…
147033 questions
Firebase is a serverless platform for unified development of applications for mobile devices and for the web.
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Microsoft Azure is a Platform as a Service and Infrastructure as a Service cloud computing platform. Use this tag for programming questions concerning Azure. General server help can be obtained at Sup…
141954 questions
may refer to: a linked list (an ordered set of nodes, each referencing its successor), or a form of dynamic array. Not to be used for HTML lists, use [html-lists] instead.
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For questions regarding multi-threading, the ability of a computer or a program to perform work concurrently or asynchronously by utilizing multiple concurrent streams of execution (generally referred…
140648 questions
Visual Basic.NET (VB.NET) is a multi-paradigm, managed, type-safe, object-oriented computer programming language. Along with C# and F#, it is one of the main languages targeting the .NET Framework. VB…
For questions about building and running Docker containers. DOCKER QUESTIONS MUST BE SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT. Suitable topics include Dockerfiles, Docker Compose, and architecture…
139082 questions
React Native is a JavaScript library used to build native mobile apps using React. The focus of React Native is on developer efficiency across all the platforms you care about - learn once, write anyw…
138238 questions
Eclipse is an open source IDE and platform for building applications. There is a wide variety of plugins for various programming languages and other development-oriented tools (such as modeling, datab…
124994 questions
An algorithm is a sequence of well-defined steps that defines an abstract solution to a problem. Use this tag when your issue is related to algorithm design.
121127 questions
PowerShell is a cross-platform command line and scripting utility from Microsoft. Use this tag for questions about writing and executing PowerShell scripts ONLY. Programming questions specific to the …
118179 questions
macOS (formerly known as OS X or Mac OS X) is the desktop operating system from Apple, found on Macintosh computers. Use this tag only if your question relates to using macOS APIs or macOS-specific…
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if you have a specific question about Visual Studio features and functionality. DO NOT use this tag on questions regarding code which merely happened to be written in Visual Studio. Cons…
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NumPy is one of the many modules in Python that adds support of large multidimensional arrays and matrixes, along with a large library of high-level mathematical functions for operations with these ar…
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for questions related to the loading, formatting, saving, compression, and display of images in the context of source code. This tag should also be used for assistance using various i…
A form is essentially a container that can be used to hold any amount of any subset of several types of data. HTML forms are used to pass data to a server. VB and C# forms are the windows used to inte…