• In computer science and software programming, a value is the representation of some entity that can be manipulated by a program. The members of a type...
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  • symbol that never appears on the left-hand side of the grammar list In computer science generally, character(s) that signify the end of a line This disambiguation...
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  • valuable, value, value types, valued, or values in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Wikiquote has quotations related to Value. Value or values may refer...
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  • In computer science, an integer is a datum of integral data type, a data type that represents some range of mathematical integers. Integral data types...
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  • default, in computer science, refers to the preexisting value of a user-configurable setting that is assigned to a software application, computer program...
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  • function only assumes complex values. Value function Value (computer science) Absolute value Truth value Collins, Joseph Victor (1893). Text-book of Algebra:...
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  • This glossary of computer science is a list of definitions of terms and concepts used in computer science, its sub-disciplines, and related fields, including...
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  • L-value, L value or lvalue may refer to: In astronomy, a measure of brightness of a lunar eclipse on the Danjon scale L-value (computer science), denoting...
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    formal languages, which are used in mathematical logic and theoretical computer science, a string is a finite sequence of symbols that are chosen from a set...
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  • In computer programming, a parameter, a.k.a. formal argument, is a variable that represents an argument, a.k.a. actual argument, a.k.a. actual parameter...
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  • In computer science, an associative array, key-value store, map, symbol table, or dictionary is an abstract data type that stores a collection of (key...
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    In computer science, data (treated as singular, plural, or as a mass noun) is any sequence of one or more symbols; datum is a single symbol of data. Data...
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  • In computer science, an operation, function or expression is said to have a side effect if it has any observable effect other than its primary effect of...
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  • information it represents. The identifier in computer source code can be bound to a value during run time, and the value of the variable may thus change during...
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  • In computer science, an expression is a syntactic entity in a programming language that may be evaluated to determine its value. It is a combination of...
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  • In computer science, the precision of a numerical quantity is a measure of the detail in which the quantity is expressed. This is usually measured in bits...
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  • In theoretical computer science, a circuit is a model of computation in which input values proceed through a sequence of gates, each of which computes...
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  • In computer programming, a reference is a value that enables a program to indirectly access a particular datum, such as a variable's value or a record...
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  • In computer science, a record (also called a structure, struct, user-defined type (UDT), or compound data type) is a composite data structure – a collection...
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  • In computer programming, a statement is a syntactic unit of an imperative programming language that expresses some action to be carried out. A program...
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    In computer science and computer programming, a data type (or simply type) is a collection or grouping of data values, usually specified by a set of possible...
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  • requires coordinating processes to reach consensus, or agree on some data value that is needed during computation. Example applications of consensus include...
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    The history of computer science began long before the modern discipline of computer science, usually appearing in forms like mathematics or physics. Developments...
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  • In computer science, boxing (a.k.a. wrapping) is the transformation of placing a primitive type within an object so that the value can be used as a reference...
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  • In computer programming, the scope of a name binding (an association of a name to an entity, such as a variable) is the part of a program where the name...
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  • R number, the basic reproduction number in epidemiology In computer science, a pure value which cannot be assigned to In statistics, the Pearson product-moment...
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  • Null (redirect from Null value)
    keyword in SQL indicating that a data value does not exist, is not known, or is missing. Null character, the zero-valued ASCII character, also designated by...
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  • article is a list of notable unsolved problems in computer science. A problem in computer science is considered unsolved when no solution is known or...
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  • In computer programming, an assignment statement sets and/or re-sets the value stored in the storage location(s) denoted by a variable name; in other...
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  • A branch, jump or transfer is an instruction in a computer program that can cause a computer to begin executing a different instruction sequence and thus...
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