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arg (C1)

noun

Pronunciation: ɑːrɡ

A value or piece of information that is passed to a function or program when it is called or executed.

The script requires a single argument: the name of the file to process.
You can pass multiple arguments to the command-line tool to customize its behavior.
The function returned an error because an invalid argument was provided.

pass an argument (collocation): To provide a value or piece of information to a function or program. — "You can pass an argument to the function to specify the output format."
command-line argument (collocation): An argument provided to a program when it is run from the command line. — "The program accepts several command-line arguments for configuration."
invalid argument (collocation): An argument that does not meet the requirements or is of the wrong type. — "The system rejected the request due to an invalid argument."

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