Parm

2 definitions found

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

  parm /parm/ n. Further-compressed form of {param}. This term is an
     IBMism, and written use is almost unknown outside IBM shops; spoken
     /parm/ is more widely distributed, but the synonym {arg} is favored
     among hackers. Compare {arg}, {var}.
  
  



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

  parm
       
          /parm/ Further-compressed form of {param}.  This term is an
          {IBM}ism, and written use is almost unknown outside IBM shops;
          spoken /parm/ is more widely distributed, but the synonym
          {arg} is favoured among hackers.  Compare {var}.
       
          [{Jargon File}]