parameters
Set operational bounds
Parameters are the variables or limits that define a system's behavior or scope.
In technical contexts, parameters are values passed into functions or equations: The function takes three parameters.
More broadly, parameters are the boundaries within which something operates: We need to work within the parameters of the budget.
Often interchangeable with boundaries or guidelines in general use.
Stated requirements and parameters
- requirementsNecessary conditions for something
- conditionsPrevailing state of affairs
- standardsAccepted levels of quality
- metricsStandards for assessment
benchmarks · prerequisites · qualifications · guidelines · protocols · norms · rules · settings
Changeable elements in equations
- constantsUnchanging fixed values
- argumentsDisputes or reasoning chains
- inputsData fed in
- valuesPrinciples held worthwhile
coefficients · settings · configurations · defaults · presets · flags · options · switches
Imposed maximum points
- constraintsLimits on action
- thresholdsEntry boundaries or limits
- rangesContinuous extent series
- restrictionsLimitations on action
tolerances · cutoffs · caps · floors · ceilings · margins · extremes · endpoints
specifications
Stated requirements and parameters
- requirementsNecessary conditions for something
- conditionsPrevailing state of affairs
- standardsAccepted levels of quality
metrics · benchmarks · prerequisites · qualifications · guidelines · protocols · norms · rules · settings · configurations
variables
Changeable elements in equations
values · coefficients · settings · configurations · defaults · presets · flags · options · switches · attributes
limits
Imposed maximum points
- constraintsLimits on action
- thresholdsEntry boundaries or limits
- rangesContinuous extent series
restrictions · tolerances · cutoffs · caps · floors · ceilings · margins · extremes · endpoints · minimums
- shell scriptingbash, shebang, scripts, source, sourcing
- Web APIsfetch, endpoint, endpoints, POST, PUT
- Datadata points, datasets, data tables, database, databases
- componentsparts, part, pieces, piece, elements
- constraintsconstraint, limits, restrictions, deadline, restraints
- contextbackground, setting, circumstances, situation, environment
parametersboundlessness
Absence of any boundary
free rein · open-endedness · no limits · carte blanche · freedom
parametersvariables
Changeable elements in equations
outputs · dependent variables · unknowns · results · outcomes
parametersvagueness
Absence of precision
ambiguity · indefiniteness · uncertainty · approximations · generalities
- order parameterVariable tracking phase transitions
- Stokes parametersPolarization state measurements