| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adverb | 1. By distinct assertion; not impliedly; in the form of a declaration.[Websters]
2. In an indicative or demonstrative manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. Infrequently used adverbial inflection of the adjective declarative.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adjective Form (declarative) | 1. Relating to the use of or having the nature of a declaration.[Wordnet]. 2. Relating to the mood of verbs that is used simple in declarative statements.[Wordnet]. 3. Making declaration, proclamation, or publication; explanatory; assertive; declaratory.[Websters]. 4. Being indicative or demonstrative.[Eve - graph theoretic] 5. Being explanatory, illustrative, expository or interpretative.[Eve - graph theoretic] 6. Being absolute or categorical.[Eve - graph theoretic] 7. Adjective base of the adverb declaratively.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "DECLARATIVELY" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references) |
Specialty Definition: declarative
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Computing | The mechanism for establishing a language object. Source: European Union. (references) | ||
| Meteorology & Standards | In a programming language, a meaningful expression that affects the interpretation of other expressions in that language. Source: European Union. (references) | ||
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Common Expressions: declarative
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Declarative learning | Declarative learning is acquiring information that one can speak about. Contrast with motor learning. The capital of a state is a declarative piece of information, while knowing how to ride a bike is not. Episodic memory and semantic memory are a further division of declarative information. (references) | ||
| Declarative mood | A mood (grammatically unmarked) that represents the act or state as an objective fact. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Declarative programming | Declarative programming is an approach to computer programming that involves the creation of a set of conditions that describe a solution space, but leaves the interpretation of the specific steps needed to arrive at that solution up to an unspecified interpreter. Declarative programming thus takes a different approach from the traditional imperative programming found in Fortran, C or Pascal which requires the programmer to provide a list of instructions to execute in a specified order. (references) | ||
| Declarative programming language | A declarative programming language is a high-level language that describes a problem rather than defining a solution. (references) | ||
| Declarative Referential Integrity | Declarative Referential Integrity (DRI) is a SQL Server term specifically applying to the assigning of permissions to users on a database object. Giving DRI permission to a database user allows them to add foreign key constraints on a table. (references) | ||
| Declarative sentence | A sentence (in the indicative mood) that makes a declaration. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Declarative theory of statehood | The declarative theory of statehood defines a state as a person of international law that meets certain structural criteria. (references) | ||
| Simple Declarative Language | The Simple Declarative Language is a cross-platform language used for defining basic data structures such as lists, maps, and trees of typed data in a compact, easy to read representation. A simple intuitive API allows one to read, write and access all the data structures using a single class. For property files, configuration files, logs and simple serialization requirements, SDL is an alternative to XML and properties files. Implementations are available for Java and .NET with more languages on the way. (references) | ||
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Specialty Expressions: declarative
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Declarative language | Computing | Declarative language A general term for a relational language or a functional language, as opposed to an imperative language. Imperative (or procedural) languages specify explicit sequences of steps to follow to produce a result, while declarative languages describe relationships between variables in terms of functions or inference rules and the language executor (interpreter or compiler) applies some fixed algorithm to these relations to produce a result. The most common examples of declarative languages are logic programming languages such as Prolog and functional languages like Haskell. See also production system. (1994-11-23). Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.. | |
| Declarative part | Computing | A declarative part is a sequence of declarations. It may also contain related information such as subprogram bodies and representation clauses. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Declarative statement | Meteorology & Standards | In a programming language, a meaningful expression that affects the interpretation of other expressions in that language. Source: European Union. (references) | |
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