arg /arg/ n.
Abbreviation for `argument' (to a
function), used so often as to have become a new word (like
`piano' from `pianoforte'). "The sine function takes 1 arg,
but the arc-tangent function can take either 1 or 2 args."
Compare param, parm, var.
Abbreviation for `argument' (to a
function), used so often as to have become a new word (like
`piano' from `pianoforte'). "The sine function takes 1 arg,
but the arc-tangent function can take either 1 or 2 args."
Compare param, parm, var.
Related:
- arg: /arg/ n. Abbreviation for `argument' (to a function),
used so often as to have become a new word (like `piano'... - param /p*-ram'/ n.
[common] Shorthand for
`parameter'.
See also parm; compare arg, var... - var /veir/ or /var/ n.
Short for `variable'.
Compare arg,
param... - parm /parm/ n.
Further-compressed form of param.
This term is an IBMism, and written use is almost unknown... - parm: /parm/ n. Further-compressed form of {param}.
This term is an IBMism, and written use is almost... - mkdir: arg
... - percent-S /per-sent' es'/ n.
[From the code in C's
printf(3) library function used to insert an arbitrary
string argument] An unspecified person or object.
"I was just talking to some percent-s in administration... - bum
1. vt. To make highly efficient, either in time or
space,
often at the expense of clarity. "I managed to bum... - bum: 1. vt. To make highly efficient, either in time or space,
often at the expense of clarity. "I managed to bum...
