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call by value

call by value is the alternative form of call-by-value.

Meaning of call-by-value

Noun

call-by-value (uncountable)

  1. An evaluation strategy in which the arguments to a function are evaluated first, and the result is passed into the function.
    Synonyms:
    pass-by-value

Synonyms of call by value

Antonyms

Forms of call by value

alternative formcall-by-value

Questions about call by value

What is call by value the alternative form of?
Call by value is the alternative form of call-by-value.

Words near call by value in the dictionary

  1. call by future
  2. call by name
  3. call by need
  4. call by reference
  5. call by sharing
  6. call by value
  7. call center
  8. call centers
  9. call centre
  10. call centres
  11. call collect

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Adapted from Wiktionary: call by value (page history and authors); call-by-value (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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