parametric polymorphisms

A form of parametric polymorphism — 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.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of parametric polymorphism
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