Expressions Glossary

Browse 3 expressions terms defined in plain English, from the cultural dictionary of computing.

3 Expressions Terms

Operator
A symbol or keyword in a programming language that performs an operation on one or more operands — arithmetic (`+`, `*`), comparison (`==`, `<`), logical...
Operator Precedence
The set of rules that determines the order in which operators are evaluated in an expression when parentheses are absent — for example, `*` binds tighter than...
Ternary Operator
A concise conditional expression with the syntax `condition ? valueIfTrue : valueIfFalse` that evaluates to one of two values based on a boolean condition — an...

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