enum

English

Etymology

Abbreviation of enumeration, used as a keyword in the C programming language and its descendants.

Noun

enum (plural enums)

1. (computing, programming) An enumeration (set of named constants).
   • 2007, Robert Pickering, Foundations of F#

     Enums allow you to define a type made up of a finite set of identifiers, with each identifier mapping to an integer.

   • 2007, Teresa Hennig, Rob Cooper, Geoffrey L Griffith, Armen Stein, Access 2007 VBA Programmer's Reference

     The Access object model contains many enums that you can use in your applications.

   • 2009, Richard F Raposa, SCJP: Sun Certified Programmer for Java Platform (Exam CX-310-065)

     A unique feature of enums is that when you switch on a variable of an enum type, you do not prefix the case statements...

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