: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}.
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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}.
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Related:
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Abbreviation for `argument' (to a
function),
used so often as to have become a new word (like ... - parm: /parm/ n. Further-compressed form of {param}.
This term is an IBMism, and written use is almost... - param /p*-ram'/ n.
[common] Shorthand for
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See also parm; compare arg, var... - var /veir/ or /var/ n.
Short for `variable'.
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