English

Etymology
From the ending of the words quintuple, sextuple; from Latin -plus.

Pronunciation

IPA|/tu�p�l/
:rhymes|u�p�l
IPA|/t�p�l/
:rhymes|�p�l

Noun
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en-noun

1. settheory A finite sequence of terms; equivalently, an ordered set.
2. computing A single row in a relational database.
3. computing A set of comma-separated values passed to a program or operating system as a parameter to a function call.

Synonyms
(in set theory): n-tuple|n-tuple (when the sequence contains n terms), ordered pair (when the sequence contains exactly two terms), triple or triplet (when the sequence contains exactly three terms)

Translations

trans-top|in set theory
Chinese (Mandarin): ��� (pinyin: duoyuanzu)
Finnish: monikko
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French: n-uplet m
German: Tupel n
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trans-top|row (record) in a database
Finnish: monikko
trans-mid
German: Tupel n
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trans-top|set of values passed as a parameter
Finnish: monikko
trans-mid
French: n-uplet m
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See also
ordered pair
tuplet

et:tuple
fr:tuple
vi:tuple

• 2007-12-20 12:50 - VolkovBot - robot Adding: [[vi:tuple]]

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