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Definition of Placeholder
1. Noun. A person authorized to act for another.
2. Noun. A symbol in a logical or mathematical expression that can be replaced by the name of any member of specified set.
Definition of Placeholder
1. Noun. Something used or included temporarily or as a substitute for something that is not known or must remain generic; that which holds, denotes or reserves a place for something to come later. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Placeholder
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Placeholder
Literary usage of Placeholder
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. SAS 9.1 Output Delivery System: User's Guide by SAS Institute (2004)
"Its name serves as a placeholder for the value that is supplied to the data ...
passed to ODS to substitute for the placeholder in the table definition when ..."
2. Readers' Theater, Grade 2 by Evan-Moor Educational Publishers, Evan-Moor (DST), Ginny Hall, Don Robison (2003)
"Zero /sa very important placeholder in our number system. /4s students combine
digits to create numbers, they realize that zero is a must! ..."
3. SAS(R) 9.1.3 Language Reference:: Dictionary, Fifth Edition, Volumes 1-4 by SAS Institute (2006)
"SAS uses this placeholder for reporting processing information to the SAS log.
It must conform to the same rules as a fileref. ..."
4. SAS(R) Component Language 9.1:: Reference, Volumes 1 and 2 by SAS Institute (2004)
"If you want to specify a value for sel-order, exclude, or select, then specify ' '
as a placeholder for this argument. Type: Character sel-order is an ..."
5. SAS High-Performance Forecasting 2.2: User's Guide (2006)
"The season length can be any integer larger than or equal to 2, or it can be "s",
indicating a placeholder that will be substituted later with an ..."
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