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  2. Operand - Wikipedia

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    In the above example, '+' is the symbol for the operation called addition. The operand '3' is one of the inputs (quantities) followed by the addition operator, and the operand '6' is the other input necessary for the operation. The result of the operation is 9. (The number '9' is also called the sum of the augend 3 and the addend 6.)

  3. Common operator notation - Wikipedia

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    Operands are objects upon which the operators operate. These include literal numbers and other constants as well as identifiers (names) which may represent anything from simple scalar variables to complex aggregated structures and objects, depending on the complexity and capability of the language at hand as well as usage context.

  4. Operation (mathematics) - Wikipedia

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    An operation can take zero or more input values (also called "operands" or "arguments") to a well-defined output value. The number of operands is the arity of the operation. The most commonly studied operations are binary operations (i.e., operations of arity 2), such as addition and multiplication , and unary operations (i.e., operations of ...

  5. Order of operations - Wikipedia

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    The order of operations, that is, the order in which the operations in an expression are usually performed, results from a convention adopted throughout mathematics, science, technology and many computer programming languages.

  6. Reverse Polish notation - Wikipedia

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    Video: Keys pressed for calculating eight times six on a HP-32SII (employing RPN) from 1991. Reverse Polish notation (RPN), also known as reverse Łukasiewicz notation, Polish postfix notation or simply postfix notation, is a mathematical notation in which operators follow their operands, in contrast to prefix or Polish notation (PN), in which operators precede their operands.

  7. Why is it called Black Friday? Here's the real history behind ...

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    Depending on what story you believe, America's most famous shopping day is either named after a financial crisis, a concerned police force or, according to some theories, 19th-century slave owners ...

  8. Arity - Wikipedia

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    In logic, mathematics, and computer science, arity (/ ˈ ær ɪ t i / ⓘ) is the number of arguments or operands taken by a function, operation or relation. In mathematics, arity may also be called rank, [1] [2] but this word can have many other meanings. In logic and philosophy, arity may also be called adicity and degree.

  9. Subtraction - Wikipedia

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    In America [ edit ] Almost all American schools currently teach a method of subtraction using borrowing or regrouping (the decomposition algorithm) and a system of markings called crutches.