invariant section

noun

Etymology

* (law): Coined by Free Software Foundation in free software copyright licenses.

Definitions

  1. Something that must not be removed or modified during redistribution.

    • I had to include the GNU Manifesto, as it was part of an invariant section.
  2. A section that will not vary through changing state.

  3. A property that does not change through a program's execution.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for invariant section. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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