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parametric polymorphism

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A way to make a computer language more expressive, while maintaining full static type safety, by allowing a function or a data type to be written generically so that it can handle values identically without depending on their type.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences

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Coined by British computer scientist Christopher Strachey in 1967.