CloseFrontEnd[] closes the link to the front end that was opened by UseFrontEnd[] or ConnectToFrontEnd[].

Method is an option for various algorithm-intensive functions that specifies what internal methods they should use.

SeedRandom[n] resets the pseudorandom generator, using n as a seed. SeedRandom[] resets the generator, using as a seed the time of day and certain attributes of the current ...

Converting between strings, boxes, and expressions. Here is a simple expression. This gives the InputForm of the expression as a string.

On most computer systems, you can execute external programs or commands from within Mathematica. Often you will want to take expressions you have generated in Mathematica, ...

Conventions for file names. Most files used by Mathematica are completely system independent. .mx and .exe files are however system dependent. For these files, there is a ...

AllowShortContext is an option to LoadJavaClass (in J/Link) and LoadNETType (in .NET/Link) that specifies whether the class-specific context in which static method and field ...

When you do long calculations, it is often convenient to give names to your intermediate results. Just as in standard mathematics, or in other computer languages, you can do ...

Mathematica offers great flexibility for adding text to graphics; you can add text interactively using the Drawing Tools palette or programmatically using various graphics ...

FromAdjacencyMatrix[m] constructs a graph from a given adjacency matrix m, using a circular embedding. FromAdjacencyMatrix[m, v] uses v as the embedding for the resulting ...