Partnering up with ChatGPT

A little late to the party, I've finally started to consider ChatGPT in my daily life. Here's an interaction that I hadn't previously thought of, but that I found useful:

Sami Lamti
In computer science, what's the word indicating that something is happening only once?
The word that indicates that something is happening only once in computer science is "singleton." A singleton is a design pattern in object-oriented programming that restricts the instantiation of a class to a single instance and ensures that there is only one instance of the class throughout the application. The singleton pattern is commonly used in situations where a single object is required to coordinate actions across the system.
That's not what I'm looking for. This word is used in messaging to handle duplicate requests
I believe the word you are looking for is "idempotent". In computer science, an operation or function is considered idempotent if it can be applied multiple times without changing the result beyond the initial application. This is a useful concept in messaging systems because it ensures that duplicate requests do not cause unintended effects. For example, if a message is sent multiple times due to network errors or latency, an idempotent endpoint will handle the message in such a way that the result is the same as if it had only been received once.
Thank you, that's it!
I personally like the conversational style and the getting-to-an-answer without having to open multiple web pages (and to close multiple unrelated popups/ads...). 
Great stuff! 
Off to explore more. 😁

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