invariant section
An "invariant section" is crucial in various fields to ensure certain parts of a document, equation, or program remain unchanged under specified conditions.
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Definition
C1Law
(legal, formal)A part of a document that must remain unchanged during redistribution.
Example
- The GNU Free Documentation License requires that the invariant section be preserved in all copies.
C1Mathematics
(technical, academic)A segment that remains constant even when the state or parameters change.
Example
- In the equation, the invariant section does not change regardless of the variable values.
B2Programming
(technical)A property that remains the same throughout the execution of a program.
Example
- The invariant section of the algorithm ensures consistency during runtime.
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