positional parameter

English

Noun

positional parameter (plural positional parameters)

(programming) a parameter that is passed by position, rather than by name, in a function call
In the function call foo(3, 6, type="bar"), there are two different positional parameters, to which are passed the values 3 and 6.

Coordinate terms

named parameter
positional argument

Translations

parameter passed by position

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