Computing term for a value passed to a function, subroutine, or command. Used in programming and mathematics.
この関数は二つの引数を取ります。
This function takes two arguments.
コマンドライン引数を指定してください。
Please specify the command-line arguments.
formal parameter; formal argument
actual argument; actual parameter
parameter entity
argument association
parameter literal
Standard kanji spelling for 'argument' in computing contexts.
Alternate spelling with okurigana; less common but still used in some technical writing.
A modern mathematical and computing term for the argument supplied to a function, formed from 引 and 数.