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Enumeration

Meaning in software engineering, with examples

nounCommon term

In software engineering, enumeration means: A type or declared set of named alternatives that represents a limited collection of possible values.

In Turkish: numaralandırılmış tür

How it is used

Used in type design to represent states, modes or categories. Often shortened to enum; language rules determine whether arbitrary underlying values are allowed.

Example sentences

  1. The enumeration lists the states that an upload can enter.

  2. We added a cancelled value to the enumeration and updated every switch branch.

Common collocations

  • declare an enumeration
  • enumeration value
  • enumeration type
  • data typeThe kind of value a column can hold, such as whole numbers, text, dates or true/false values. It controls what can be stored and how much space it takes.
  • variableA name in a program that stores a value, such as a number, text or list, so that the code can use or change that value later.
  • constantA named value or binding that cannot be reassigned after initialization under the rules of the programming language.

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