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cons

Pronunciation: /ˈkɑnz/

The English word “cons” has 2 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A data structure in Lisp that is a pair of pointers, car and cdr, used mainly for lists.

verb

  1. To obtain a list from a cons or a nesting of conses; to prepend an element to a list by forming a cons of that element and the list; to obtain a list from a smaller one by repeated application of such kind of prepending.

Etymology

Clipping of construct.

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