prefix notation
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(Or "prefix syntax") One of the possible orderings of functions and operands: in prefix notation the function precedes all its operands. For example, what may normally be written as "1 2" becomes "( 1 2)". A few languages (e.g., lisp) have strictly prefix syntax, many more employ prefix notation in combination with infix notation.
The opposite, postfix notation, is somewhat rarer.Last updated: 2014-07-08
Nearby terms:
prefetch ♦ prefix ♦ prefix notation ♦ prefix syntax ♦ pre-order ♦ pre-order traversal
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