"lambda calculus" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: lambda calculi [plural]
Etymology: Coined by Alonzo Church after the use of the Greek letter lambda (λ) as the basic abstraction operator in the calculus. Head templates: {{en-noun|~|lambda calculi}} lambda calculus (countable and uncountable, plural lambda calculi)
  1. (computing theory) Any of a family of functionally complete algebraic systems in which lambda expressions are evaluated according to a fixed set of rules to produce values, which may themselves be lambda expressions. Wikipedia link: Alonzo Church, lambda calculus Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Theory of computing Meronyms: alpha conversion, beta reduction, eta conversion, lambda term Derived forms: simply typed lambda calculus, typed lambda calculus Related terms: calculus, lambda, lambda abstraction, lambda expression, combinator, functionally complete, recursive function, Turing machine Translations (algebraic system): càlcul lambda [masculine] (Catalan), lambda kalkul [masculine] (Czech), lambdakalkyyli (Finnish), λογισμός λάμδα (logismós lámda) [masculine] (Greek), lambda-reikningur [masculine] (Icelandic), calcolo lambda [masculine] (Italian), λ計算 (Japanese), ラムダ計算 (ramuda keisan) (Japanese), ламбда-пресметка (lambda-presmetka) [feminine] (Macedonian), rachunek lambda [masculine] (Polish), calcul lambda [neuter] (Romanian), лямбда-исчисление (ljambda-isčislenije) [neuter] (Russian), lambda račun [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), lambdakalkyl [common-gender] (Swedish)

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