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Named parameter
Noun
Definitions
1.
Noun
A parameter that is passed by name, rather than by position, in a function call.
"In the function call foo(3, 6, type="bar"), type is a named parameter."
Synonyms
positional parameter
actual parameter
parameter
formal parameter
formal
adverb
call by reference
pass by reference
call-by-name
pass-by-reference
pass-by-value
dummy
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