Param

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Param \Par"am\, n. (Chem.)
     A white crystalline nitrogenous substance ({C2H4N4}); --
     called also {dicyandiamide}.
     [1913 Webster]

From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:



  param /p*-ram'/ n. [common] Shorthand for `parameter'. See also {parm};
     compare {arg}, {var}.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  param
       
          {formal argument}