alist

See also: A-list and A list

English

Etymology

Abbreviation of association list.

Alternative forms

• a-list

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeɪ.lɪst/

Noun

alist (plural alists)

1. (programming) association list in LISP.
   • J. S. Moore and Q. Zhang, Proof Pearl: Dijkstra’s Shortest Path Algorithm Verified with ACL2, in Joe Hurd and Tom F. Melham (ed.), Theorem proving in higher order logics: 18th international conference, 2005, p. 375:

     We use alists extensively in this work. A directed graph is an alist associating vertices with edge lists.

Related terms

• car
• cdr
• LISP
• list

Anagrams

• Itals, Talsi, itals, laits, litas, silat, stail, tails