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algebraic data type

algebraic data type noun: a data type formed by combining other types.

Noun

algebraic data type (plural algebraic data types)

  1. (type theory) A data type formed by combining other types.
    • Generally, algebraic data types represent sums of products, where the cases form the alternatives of a sum type, and each case represents a product type that can be constructed from zero to many constitutent types. An EDT is a special case of ADT where each product type is a singleton.2021, Martin Odersky et al., chapter 19, in Programming in Scala, 5th edition, Artima, →ISBN
    Synonyms:
    ADT

Synonyms of algebraic data type

Forms of algebraic data type

pluralalgebraic data types

Origin of algebraic data type

So named because they have algebraic properties with respect to their cardinality similar to normal integers.

Questions about algebraic data type

What does algebraic data type mean?
Algebraic data type means a data type formed by combining other types.
What part of speech is algebraic data type?
Algebraic data type is a noun.
What is the plural of algebraic data type?
The plural of algebraic data type is algebraic data types.

Words near algebraic data type in the dictionary

  1. algebraic closure operator
  2. algebraic closures
  3. algebraic combinatorics
  4. algebraic curve
  5. algebraic curves
  6. algebraic data type
  7. algebraic data types
  8. algebraic equation
  9. algebraic equations
  10. algebraic extension
  11. algebraic extensions

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