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parsons problem

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.59 in modern English

Syllables
par-son-s prob-lem
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A kind of computer programming puzzle in which the respondent is asked to choose from a selection of source code fragments in order to construct a program that will solve a given problem.

Etymology

Named after Dale Parsons.

Inflected Forms

Parsons problems (plural)

Synonyms

Parsons puzzle

Questions

What does parsons problem mean?
A kind of computer programming puzzle in which the respondent is asked to choose from a selection of source code fragments in order to construct a program that will solve a given problem.
Where does parsons problem come from?
Named after Dale Parsons.

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