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<tr class="field"><th class="field-name" colspan="2">Parameter (or “formal parameter”):</th></tr>
<tr class="field"><td>&nbsp;</td><td class="field-body"><p class="first">the name used to refer to an
argument within a function or class template.  For example, the
value of <tt class="docutils literal">f</tt>'s <em>parameter</