literal

  1. Adjective.  Exactly as stated; read or understood without additional interpretation; according to the letter or verbal expression; real; not figurative or metaphorical.
  2. Adjective.  Following the letter or exact words; not free; not taking liberties.
  3. Adjective.  Consisting of, or expressed by, letters.
  4. Noun.  (programming) A value, as opposed to an identifier, written into the source code of a computer program.
  5. Noun.  (logic) A propositional variable or the negation of a propositional variable.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resolution_%28logic%29].

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