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cdr

/ˈku.də/
Meanings
  • noun

    A cons cell's cdr (pronounced as 'see-are-dee-are') is a pointer to the rest of the cons cell.

    - "The cdr of a cons cell contains the rest of the cell's data."
    - "The cdr of a cons list points to the next cons cell in the list."
Pronunciation
  1. /ˈku.də/



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Antonyms

car
Variants
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CDR
Etymology
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The term 'cdr' comes from the Lisp programming language where 'car' and 'cdr' are functions used to access the first and rest of the data in a cons cell.

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  1. The 'cdr' function was first introduced in John McCarthy's Lisp 1.5 in 1960.

  2. The name 'cdr' is derived from the Latin term 'quod restat' which means 'what remains'.

  3. The 'cdr' function is used extensively in artificial intelligence and natural language processing applications.

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  1. cons cell: A pairing of a value with a pointer to the next cons cell.

  2. linked list: A collection of data elements called nodes, each containing a value and a pointer to the next node.

  3. functional programming: A programming paradigm where functions are the primary building blocks and data is immutable.

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The 'cdr' concept is fundamental to understanding and working with linked data structures, particularly in Lisp and other functional programming languages.

How to Memorize "cdr"

  1. visualize

    - Imagine a cons cell as a pair of parentheses containing a value and a pointer. The cdr is the part of the cons cell that points to the next cons cell.

  2. associate

    - Associate the term 'cdr' with 'the rest of the data' or 'the next cons cell'.

  3. mnemonics

    - Use the mnemonic 'CDR stands for Car's Dynamic Relative' to remember that cdr points to the rest of the cons cell.

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