Operand

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Mathematical Context

In math, 'operand' refers to numbers involved in calculations, not to procedures or methods.

In 5 * 2 = 10, both 5 and 2 are operands.

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Computing Usage

In programming, operands can be variables, numbers or data that operations act upon.

In the code 'result = operand1 + operand2', 'operand1' and 'operand2' are operands.

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Operation Types

Operands can be part of unary operations (one operand) or binary operations (two operands).

'-number' has a unary operator with 'number' as its operand.