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• parm /parm/ n. Further-compressed form of param.
  This term is an IBMism, and written use is almost unknown outside IBM shop...
• arg: /arg/ n. Abbreviation for `argument' (to a function), used so often as to have become a new word (like `piano' from `pianoforte').
  The sine function takes 1 arg, but the arc-tangent function can take either 1 or 2 args....
• param /p*-ram'/ n. [common] Shorthand for `parameter'. See also parm; compare arg, var.
• arg /arg/ n. Abbreviation for `argument' (to a function), used so often as to have become a new word (like `piano' from `pianoforte').
  The sine function takes 1 arg, but the arc-tangent function can take either 1 or 2 args....
• var /veir/ or /var/ n. Short for `variable'. Compare arg, param.
• AI: /A-I/ n. Abbreviation for `Artificial Intelligence', so common that the full form is almost never written or spoken among hackers.
  -- The AI Hackers Dictionary...
• AI /A-I/ n. Abbreviation for `Artificial Intelligence', so common that the full form is almost never written or spoken among hackers.
• glass: [IBM] n. Synonym for {silicon}. -- The AI Hackers Dictionary
• ale pointer bug: n. Synonym for {aliasing bug} used esp.
  among microcomputer hackers. -- The AI Hackers Dictionary...