parametric polymorphism
parametric polymorphism noun: a way to make a computer language more expressive, while maintaining full static type safety, by allowing a function or a data type to be written generically so that it can handle values identically without depending on their type.
Noun
parametric polymorphism (usually uncountable, plural parametric polymorphisms)
- A way to make a computer language more expressive, while maintaining full static type safety, by allowing a function or a data type to be written generically so that it can handle values identically without depending on their type.
Forms of parametric polymorphism
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Origin of parametric polymorphism
Coined by British computer scientist Christopher Strachey in 1967.
Questions about parametric polymorphism
- What does parametric polymorphism mean?
- Parametric polymorphism means a way to make a computer language more expressive, while maintaining full static type safety, by allowing a function or a data type to be written generically so that it can handle values identically without depending on their type.
- What part of speech is parametric polymorphism?
- Parametric polymorphism is a noun.
- What is the plural of parametric polymorphism?
- The plural of parametric polymorphism is parametric polymorphisms.
Words near parametric polymorphism in the dictionary
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