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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>arg</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../A.html" title="A"/><link rel="previous" href="arena.html" title="arena"/><link rel="next" href="ARMM.html" title="ARMM"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">arg</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="arena.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">A</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="ARMM.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="arg"/><dt xmlns="" id="arg"><b>arg</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="pronunciation">/arg/</span>, <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> Abbreviation for &#8216;argument&#8217; (to a function), used so
often as to have become a new word (like &#8216;piano&#8217; from
&#8216;pianoforte&#8217;). &#8220;<span class="quote">The sine function takes 1 arg, but the
arc-tangent function can take either 1 or 2 args.</span>&#8221; Compare
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