Literary notes about parameter (AI summary)
The word "parameter" is used in literature as a flexible concept that can denote a measurable factor, a variable in a computational or mathematical process, or even a qualitative trait. In technical contexts it defines elements controlling procedures or installations—such as in programming and algorithm descriptions where it specifies identifiers or initial values [1, 2, 3, 4]—and in mathematical discussions it represents variables upon which functions depend or that can be differentiated, as seen in discussions of curves and integrals [5, 6]. In scientific and philosophical texts, the term expands to refer to definable components of systems or qualities—ranging from factors in developmental processes to traits related to personality and model stability [7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13]—and sometimes even appears with a humorous twist to suggest something unpredictable [14]. This multifaceted usage illustrates how "parameter" bridges quantitative and qualitative analyses across various fields.
- What root servers to use is an installation parameter.
— from Hitchhiker's Guide to the Internet by Ed Krol - Case (1) always holds if the parameter is a simple variable, string, array identifier, switch identifier, or procedure identifier.
— from The Oak Ridge ALGOL Compiler for the Control Data Corporation 1604Preliminary Programmer's Manual by L. L. Bumgarner - Upon entry to the procedure, index register six contains an address which is used to reference each parameter.
— from The Oak Ridge ALGOL Compiler for the Control Data Corporation 1604Preliminary Programmer's Manual by L. L. Bumgarner - Simply put, you **MUST** unZIP the file with the -d parameter so that all the subdirectories will be recursed.
— from Surfing the Internet: An Introduction Version 2.0.2 by Jean Armour Polly - A curve is the totality of points, whose co-ordinates are functions of a parameter which may be differentiated as often as may be required.—
— from Memorabilia Mathematica; or, the Philomath's Quotation-Book - Differentiation of a definite integral with respect to a parameter in it, which is made to vary.
— from The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America by Thomas Jefferson - Another parameter is associated with the tendency to think and act based on long-range models or short-range models.
— from The Brain, A Decoded Enigma by Dorin Teodor Moisa - Scale and threshold Already mentioned in previous pages, the concept of scale is an important parameter in human development.
— from The Civilization of Illiteracy by Mihai Nadin - The stability in a model is a quality parameter of a brain.
— from The Brain, A Decoded Enigma by Dorin Teodor Moisa - Another parameter of the personality is associated with the capability to control such a diversity of evolution of a structure of models.
— from The Brain, A Decoded Enigma by Dorin Teodor Moisa - Race is such a transcendent parameter and so are gender, familial affiliation or contacts and influence.
— from After the Rain : how the West lost the East by Samuel Vaknin - A considerable amount of variation in this parameter was found in all of the taxa ( Table 5 ).
— from Middle American Frogs of the Hyla microcephala Group by William Edward Duellman - A parameter of the personality is the capacity to keep control of the main activity even when the main model activates some others model.
— from The Brain, A Decoded Enigma by Dorin Teodor Moisa - :phase of the moon: n. Used humorously as a random parameter on which something is said to depend.
— from The Jargon File, Version 2.9.10, 01 Jul 1992
