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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.” Compare
param, parm,
var.