"GADT" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: GADTs [plural]
Rhymes: -iː Head templates: {{en-noun}} GADT (plural GADTs)
  1. (programming) Initialism of generalized algebraic data type. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: generalized algebraic data type

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