parameter

  1. Noun.  (context, mathematics) A variable kept constant during an experiment, calculation or similar.
  2. Noun.  (programming) A name in a function or subroutine definition that is replaced by, or bound to, the corresponding actual argument when the function or subroutine is called: a formal parameter.
  3. Noun.  (programming) The value which is passed into the function to instantiate such a name; the argument or actual parameter.
  4. Noun.  A characteristic or feature that distinguishes something from others.

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