sum
1. <theory> In domain theory, the sum A + B of two domains contains all
elements of both domains, modified to indicate which part of the union they come
from, plus a new bottom element. There are two constructor functions associated
with the sum:
inA : A -> A+B inB : B -> A+B
inA(a) = (0,a) inB(b) = (1,b)
and a disassembly operation:
case d of {isA(x) -> E1; isB(x) -> E2}
This can be generalised to arbitrary numbers of domains.
See also smash sum, disjoint union.
2. <tool> A Unix utility to calculate a 16-bit checksum of the data in a
file. It also displays the size of the file, either in kilobytes or in 512-byte
blocks. The checksum may differ on machines with 16-bit and 32-bit ints.
Unix manual page: sum(1).
(1995-03-16)
Nearby terms:
suit « suitably small « Suite Synthetique des
Benchmarks de l'AFUU « sum » Summary Object
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