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Some of these programs have to handle a tricky situation called the “TP2 puzzle”, which can be dealt with by representing delete operations as tombstones. Clarence (-5[1])Ellis (-5[1])used a (0[1])program of this kind called GROVE in the first implementation of a technique now called Operational Transformation. A very simple data structure used in these programs consists of two segments at the beginning and end of an array and a namesake space between them. WOOT and Logoot are examples of data structures known as sequence CRDTs, which are primarily used by certain kinds of these programs. (15[1])Most programs of this kind represent their data as either (*) gap buffers or ropes. “Collaborative (10[1])real-time” kinds of these programs constantly synchronize to avoid conflicts. For 10 points, name these programs that need to quickly perform operations like deleting or inserting characters in a large string. ■END■ (10[1])

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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Henry Cafaroscreaming into the public static void main(String[] args)a neural-net processor; a thinking machine25-5
Seth EbnerDianetics for Diabeticsplaying emacs while my parents are arguing26-5
Kevin Wanga neural-net processor; a thinking machinescreaming into the public static void main(String[] args)280
Earthflax GeologybuzzerMacro EditorsEdwardian Manifestation of All Colonial Sins9415
Ashvin SrivatsaEight Megabytes And Constantly SwappingWe Bought a Complexity Zoo Story10910
Anuttam Ramjiplaying emacs while my parents are arguingDianetics for Diabetics14110