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文ぶん脈みゃく上じょうの選せん択たく要よう素そ

Meanings

1

contextually optional element

Technical computing term for an element that is optional depending on the context, such as in markup languages or configuration files.

XMLでは、文ぶん脈みゃく上じょうの選せん択たく要よう素そは状じょう況きょうに応おうじて省しょう略りゃくできる。
In XML, contextually optional elements can be omitted depending on the situation.

Kanji

文sentence, literature, style
脈vein, pulse, hope
上above, up
選elect, select, choose
択choose, select, elect
要need, main point, essence
素elementary, principle, naked

Built from

文ぶん脈みゃく+上じょう+選せん択たく+要よう素そ

Etymology

Compound of 文脈 (context) + 上 (on, in terms of) + 選択 (selection, choice) + 要素 (element). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the term is a modern technical coinage.