Comment by PotionSeller 7 years ago >idempotentwhat does this mean 1 comment PotionSeller Reply emddudley 7 years ago It's an important term in computer science. There is a good explanation on StackOverflow which I found by searching for "define: idempotent":https://stackoverflow.com/a/1077421/111327> In computing, an idempotent operation is one that has no additional effect if it is called more than once with the same input parameters. For example, removing an item from a set can be considered an idempotent operation on the set.
emddudley 7 years ago It's an important term in computer science. There is a good explanation on StackOverflow which I found by searching for "define: idempotent":https://stackoverflow.com/a/1077421/111327> In computing, an idempotent operation is one that has no additional effect if it is called more than once with the same input parameters. For example, removing an item from a set can be considered an idempotent operation on the set.
It's an important term in computer science. There is a good explanation on StackOverflow which I found by searching for "define: idempotent":
https://stackoverflow.com/a/1077421/111327
> In computing, an idempotent operation is one that has no additional effect if it is called more than once with the same input parameters. For example, removing an item from a set can be considered an idempotent operation on the set.