tuple.
A finite sequence of terms.
Meaning & usage
A finite sequence of terms.
A single row in a relational database.
A set of comma-separated values passed to a program or operating system as a parameter to a function call.
A fixed-size container data type similar to a list that can hold different types of elements.
Both Python and Haskell have a tuple data type as well as a list data type.
Unlike lists, tuples are not formed by consing.
Where this word comes from
From the ending of the words quintuple, sextuple; from Latin -plus.
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