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predicate

predicate

2 7.7
A function that checks input and returns true or false
  • noun
  • /ˈprɛdɪˌkeɪt/
  • Specialized
translation icon : predicado
  • The function evaluates several inputs and produces a predicate to control the program's flow.
  • predicate determines
  • a base predicate
  • a predicate program

He can introduce some invariants, some predicate for creating invariants.

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Examples

  • More formally, the semantics of a predicate program P is defined in terms of its ground version grnd(P).

    Academic text (2011)
  • The value/4 predicate describes both entity type instantiations and relationship type instantiations.

    Academic text (2000)
  • What do they claim is the role for this predicate, and can this claim be justified?

    Blog text (24)
  • The standard permits comparison to be implemented either as a condition code or as a true-false response to a predicate.

    Academic text (1999)
  • In Algorithm 1, which is formally represented using set theory and first-order predicate logic, the incorrect values are identified using the "FindStageValue" and "FindTValue" functions.

    Academic text (2016)
  • The arguments of the claim/5 predicate are a mixture of intensional (type) and extensional (occurrence) elements.

    Academic text (2000)
  • For entity type instantiations, the arguments of the value/4 predicate are entity type name, identification value of the entity occurrence, attribute name, and value.

    Academic text (2000)
  • The code is generic in the sense that eval could be used for expressions over any type of base predicate, but eval base must be provided in order to evaluate the truth or falsehood of those base predicates.

    Academic text (2011)
  • In programming, a predicate checks whether a given condition is true or false.

  • You can use a predicate to filter data by returning only the elements that meet specified criteria.

Compounds

predicate calculus
  • Specialized
9.9

A system of logic that studies statements about things and words like 'all' and 'some'

Surface Forms

predicate singular
predicates plural

Etymology

Predicate in computing is like a small test that 'says' true or false, and the word comes from Latin praedicare ('to say'). So a programming predicate is something that 'declares' whether data meets a condition.