INSERTION SORT
the way cards are ordered in the hand · the trace of one real run
QUICKSORT
splitting around a pivot · the trace of one real run
TWO-CAMERA SPEAKER SETUP
the lighting triangle and where each of the 2 cameras stands · the floor plan from above
THREE-CAMERA SPEAKER SETUP
the lighting triangle and where each of the 3 cameras stands · the floor plan from above
THE SELECT STATEMENT
8 clauses in the order you write them — and the order they take effect in
SUBNET MASKS
from /0 to /32: the mask, how many addresses a block holds, and how many of them go to hosts
THE CONDITIONS OF TRAP
FIVE conditions from the standard — EXIT and four signals — and three extensions a conformant shell refuses
THE UMASK
The file mode creation mask: the nine bits it clears, five arguments that name opposite things — and why umask 022 is not chmod 755
UML DIAGRAMS
the fourteen kinds, and the notation a class diagram is made of
THE UNICODE SPACE
1 114 112 code points in 17 planes: 159 866 characters, 137 468 private, 814 730 free
PERCENT-ENCODING IN URIs
128 ASCII positions: 66 unreserved, 18 delimiters, 43 that must always be encoded — and the "%" itself
THE UTF-8 ENCODING
how a Unicode code point falls into one, two, three or four bytes — and which bytes never appear
UUID
thirty-six characters: where the version sits, where the variant sits, and what each of the eight versions is made of
VIDEO CARRIERS
nine formats at true scale — and the frame that kept growing after the carrier stopped
VIDEO FORMATS
who published each standard, when, the names it goes by, and what has to be squeezed
VIM COMMANDS
modes, motions and editing per the Vim 9.1 help — and the grammar that composes them into commands
WORD EXPANSION
Four steps in a fixed order — and only two of them can change how many fields reach the command
BEER STYLES
colour, bitterness and strength of 15 styles from the BJCP 2021 guidelines
COCKTAIL FORMULAS
five templates by ratio, not fixed recipes — millilitres straight from the official IBA recipes
NINE DRINKS
the same coffee, different proportions
HOW MUCH COFFEE TO WATER
six methods · weight, grind, time
ARABICA AND ROBUSTA
two species, six varieties, one difference
POST-FERMENTED TEAS
six teas changed by microbes rather than oxygen
ESPRESSO
the nine requirements of a certified Italian espresso, with their tolerances