parametric polymorphism
A way to make a computer language more expressive, while maintaining full static type…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.
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable, usually)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.
Origin
Coined by British computer scientist Christopher Strachey in 1967.Coined by British computer scientist Christopher Strachey in 1967.
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Forms
plural: parametric polymorphisms| Singular | parametric polymorphism |
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uncountable
Word family
1 related wordsRelatedgeneric programming
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable