May 15, 2003

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.

Posted by Jargon File at May 15, 2003 10:59 AM

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