discards

Noun

discard (plural discards)

1. Anything discarded.
2. One or more discarded playing cards in a card game.
   • "Stroll across and see how the game is going," suggested Carrados. "Have a look at Crediton's discard and then come back."1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards, →OCLC
3. The act of discarding.
   • Spinola was hovering about the external fittings of the figure with unusual fussiness. When at length he released the left hand it seemed for an almost perceptible moment that the action hung. Then the arm descended and carried out the discard.1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards, →OCLC
4. A temporary variable used to receive a value of no importance and unable to be read later.
   • Discards can be used with out parameters, with tuples, with pattern matching (Chapters 6 and 8), or even as stand-alone variables.2017, Andrew Troelsen, Philip Japikse, Pro C# 7: With .NET and .NET Core, page 120

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