tuple

A finite sequence of terms.

Noun

  1. A finite sequence of terms.
  2. A single row in a relational database.
  3. A set of comma-separated values passed to a program or operating system as a parameter to a function call.
  4. A fixed-size container data type similar to a list that can hold different types of elements.
    • Both Python and Haskell have a tuple data type as well as a list data type.
    • Unlike lists, tuples are not formed by consing.

Origin

From the ending of the words quintuple, sextuple; from Latin -plus.

Forms

tuples

Related

-tuple tuplet