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The correct spelling is tuple.

How to pronounce tuple

noun

IPA: /tuːp(ə)l/

Say it like: Tup-le

The correct spelling is tuple. A finite sequence of terms. For example: "Both Python and Haskell have a tuple data type as well as a list data type."

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Both Python and Haskell have a tuple data type as well as a list data type.

Definition

noun

  1. 1.A finite sequence of terms.
  2. 2.A single row in a relational database.
  3. 3.A set of comma-separated values passed to a program or operating system as a parameter to a function call.
  4. 4.In some programming languages, a data type that is similar but distinct from the list data type, whose instances are characterized by having a rather fixed arity, and the elements of which instances can differ from each other by data type. (Note: this definition may overlap with the previous one.)

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