"named parameter" meaning in All languages combined

See named parameter on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: named parameters [plural]
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  1. (programming) A parameter that is passed by name, rather than by position, in a function call. Wikipedia link: en:named parameter Categories (topical): Programming Coordinate_terms: positional parameter, named argument

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