"homoiconicity" meaning in All languages combined

See homoiconicity on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Audio: en-uk-homoiconicity.ogg [UK]
Etymology: homoiconic (“self-representing”) + -icity Etymology templates: {{af|en|homoiconic|-icity|t1=self-representing}} homoiconic (“self-representing”) + -icity Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} homoiconicity (uncountable)
  1. (programming) A property of some programming languages, in which the primary representation of programs is also a data structure in a primitive type of the language itself. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Programming Related terms: homoiconic

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