enum

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See also: eñum and ēnum

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Etymology[edit]

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

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Noun[edit]

enum (plural enums)

  1. (programming) An enumeration.
    • 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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Noun[edit]

enum f (plural enums)

  1. Abbreviation of enumeração.
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