Definition of "tuple" [tuple]

• A finite sequence of terms. (noun)
• A single row in a relational database. (noun)
• A set of comma-separated values passed to a program or operating system as a parameter to a function call. (noun)
• In some programming languages, a data type which 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.) (noun)

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• "This also indicates that a tuple is a sequence as well."
• "Each cell member is identified as a tuple for each dimension in the cube."
• "In this case a tuple is the only alternative as no pid is known."