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Variable that represents an argument to a function

In computer programming, a parameter, or formal argument, is a variable that represents an argument to a function call. A function's signature defines its parameters. A call invocation involves evaluating each argument expression of a call and associating the result with the corresponding parameter. Wikipedia →

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Distributed SystemsAndrew S. Tanenbaum, Maarten Van Steen · 2001
📕Final report on the project Computational control of flexible aerospace systems (grant no. NAG-1-1436)Lonnie Sharpe · 1994
📕VORSTAB, a computer program for calculating lateral-directional stability derivatives with vortex flow effectC. Edward Lan · 1985
📕The mathematical modelling of capture-mark-recapture experiments on animal populationsStuart F. Crosbie · 1979
📕Mesoscale variability in SUCCESS dataStephen D. Eckermann · 1998
📕Development of ROBOSIM for academic/industrial useGeorge E. Cook · 1994
Finite-Difference Time-Domain Method for Electromagnetics with MATLAB® SimulationsAtef Z. Elsherbeni, Veysel Demir · 2014
Assembly language programming for the TRS-80 Model 16Dan Keen, Dave Dischert · 1984

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