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idempotent

/aɪ.dəmˈpoʊ.tənt/

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noun

Un elemento idempotente

An idempotent element.

Examples :

"In programming, setting a variable to zero is an idempotent; doing it multiple times has the same effect as doing it once. "

En programación, establecer una variable en cero es un elemento idempotente; hacerlo varias veces tiene el mismo efecto que hacerlo una vez.

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noun

Una estructura idempotente

An idempotent structure.

Examples :

"The simple light switch in your house is an example of an idempotent: flipping it twice in a row from the 'on' position leaves the light on, and flipping it twice from the 'off' position leaves the light off. "

El interruptor de luz simple de tu casa es un ejemplo de una estructura idempotente: voltearlo dos veces seguidas desde la posición 'encendido' deja la luz encendida, y voltearlo dos veces desde la posición 'apagado' deja la luz apagada.

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adjective

Idempotente

Said of a function: describing an action which, when performed multiple times on the same subject, has no further effect on its subject after the first time it is performed.

Examples :

"The "mute" button on our video call is idempotent: pressing it multiple times won't make you any more muted than pressing it once. "

El botón "silenciar" en nuestra videollamada es idempotente: presionarlo varias veces no te silenciará más que presionarlo una vez.

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adjective

Idempotente

Said of an element of an algebraic structure with a binary operation (such as a group or semigroup): when the element operates on itself, the result is equal to itself.

Examples :

"Every group has a unique idempotent element: namely, its identity element."

Cada grupo tiene un elemento idempotente único: a saber, su elemento identidad.

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adjective

Idempotente

Said of a binary operation: that all of the distinct elements it can operate on are idempotent (in the sense given just above).

Examples :

"Since the AND logical operator is commutative, associative, and idempotent, then it distributes with respect to itself."

Dado que el operador lógico AND es conmutativo, asociativo e idempotente, se distribuye con respecto a sí mismo.

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adjective

Idempotente

Said of an algebraic structure: having an idempotent operation (in the sense above).

Examples :

"The light switch is designed to be idempotent; flipping it once turns the light on, and flipping it again while it's already on does nothing. "

El interruptor de la luz está diseñado para ser idempotente; accionarlo una vez enciende la luz, y accionarlo de nuevo mientras ya está encendida no hace nada.

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