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  2. xdelta - Wikipedia

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    Xdelta [3] is a command line tool for delta encoding, which stores or transmits the difference (deltas) between sequential data, instead of entire files.This is similar to diff and patch, except diff computes and shows the difference between two complete files, while patch is primarily designed for human-readable text files; Xdelta is designed for binary files and does not generate human ...

  3. touch (command) - Wikipedia

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    In computing, touch is a command used to update the access date and/or modification date of a computer file or directory.It is included in Unix and Unix-like operating systems, TSC's FLEX, [1] Digital Research/Novell DR DOS, the AROS shell, [2] the Microware OS-9 shell, [3] and ReactOS. [4]

  4. Python (programming language) - Wikipedia

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    Since 7 October 2024, Python 3.13 is the latest stable release, and it and, for few more months, 3.12 are the only releases with active support including for bug fixes (as opposed to just for security) and Python 3.9, [55] is the oldest supported version of Python (albeit in the 'security support' phase), due to Python 3.8 reaching end-of-life.

  5. Software versioning - Wikipedia

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    Software versioning is the process of assigning either unique version names or unique version numbers to unique states of computer software. Within a given version number category (e.g., major or minor), these numbers are generally assigned in increasing order and correspond to new developments in the software.

  6. Comparison of executable file formats - Wikipedia

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    This is a comparison of binary executable file formats which, once loaded by a suitable executable loader, can be directly executed by the CPU rather than being interpreted by software. In addition to the binary application code, the executables may contain headers and tables with relocation and fixup information as well as various kinds of ...

  7. reStructuredText - Wikipedia

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    reStructuredText (RST, ReST, or reST) is a file format for textual data used primarily in the Python programming language community for technical documentation.. It is part of the Docutils project of the Python Doc-SIG (Documentation Special Interest Group), aimed at creating a set of tools for Python similar to Javadoc for Java or Plain Old Documentation (POD) for Perl.

  8. ar (Unix) - Wikipedia

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    The archiver, also known simply as ar, is a Unix utility that maintains groups of files as a single archive file.Today, ar is generally used only to create and update static library files that the link editor or linker uses and for generating .deb packages for the Debian family; it can be used to create archives for any purpose, but has been largely replaced by tar for purposes other than ...

  9. format (command) - Wikipedia

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    With this option, Format writes bootstrap code to the first sector of the volume (and possibly elsewhere as well). Format always writes a BIOS Parameter Block to the first sector, with or without the /S option. Another option (/Q) allows for what Microsoft calls "Quick Format". With this option the command will not perform steps 2 and 3 above.