predication

  1. Noun.  A proclamation, announcement or preaching.
  2. Noun.  An assertion or affirmation.
  3. Noun.  (logic) A self-evident postulate.
  4. Noun.  (computing) The parallel execution of all possible outcomes of a branch instruction, all except one of which are discarded after the branch condition has been evaluated.

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