Assertion: syntax's argument | /r/Synonym | actual parameters
Facets:
value: often
type: TEMPORAL
value: unlike argument in usual mathematical usage
type: OTHER
value: to the names
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: The arguments in the function definition bind the arguments passed at function invocation (i.e. when the function is called), which are called actual parameters, to the names given when the function is defined, which are called formal parameters.
text: Unlike argument in usual mathematical usage, the argument in computer science is thus the actual input expression passed/supplied to a function, procedure, or routine in the invocation/call statement, whereas the parameter is the variable inside the implementation of the subroutine.
text: These pieces of data are the values of the arguments (often called actual arguments or actual parameters) with which the subroutine is going to be called/invoked.
text: The term parameter (sometimes called formal parameter) is often used to refer to the variable as found in the function definition, while argument (sometimes called actual parameter) refers to the actual input supplied at function call.
text: The routine sum takes two arguments addend1 and addend2 , which are called the routine's formal arguments.
text: These pieces of data are the values of the arguments (often called actual arguments or actual parameters) with which the subroutine is going to be called/invoked.