param

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param - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Param \Par"am\, n. (Chem.)
     A white crystalline nitrogenous substance (C2H4N4); --
     called also dicyandiamide.
     [1913 Webster]

param - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  formal argument
  param
  parameter
  
     <programming> (Or "parameter") A name in a function or
     subroutine definition that is replaced by, or bound to, the
     corresponding actual argument when the function or
     subroutine is called.  In many languages formal arguments
     behave like local variables which get initialised on entry.
  
     See: argument.
  
     (2002-07-02)
  

param - Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003) :

  param
   /p@.ram'/, n.
  
     [common] Shorthand for parameter. See also parm; compare arg,
     var.