Predicate
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Predicate or predication may refer to:
- Branch predicationBranch predicationBranch predication is a strategy in computer architecture design for mitigating the costs usually associated with conditional branches, particularly branches to short sections of code...
(computer programming), a choice to execute or not to execute a given instruction based on the content of a machine register - Predicate (grammar)Predicate (grammar)There are two competing notions of the predicate in theories of grammar. Traditional grammar tends to view a predicate as one of two main parts of a sentence, the other being the subject, which the predicate modifies. The other understanding of predicates is inspired from work in predicate calculus...
,a predicate is one of the two main parts of a sentence (the other being the subject that the predicate modifies). For example, in The flower is yellow, "is yellow" is the predicate. - Predicate (mathematical logic), a fundamental concept in first-order logic
- Syntactic predicateSyntactic predicateA syntactic predicate specifies the syntactic validity of applying a production in a formal grammar and is analogous to a semantic predicate that specifies the semantic validity of applying a production. It is a simple and effective means of dramatically improving the recognition strength of an LL...
, specifies the syntactic validity of applying a production