modulo

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1. 1

   Given a specified modulus of.

   • 21 and 84 are congruent to each other modulo 9, since both numbers leave the same remainder, 3, when divided by 9.
   • Thus 21 modulo 9 is 3, because when 21 is divided by 9, the remainder is 3.
   • 21 is congruent to 3 modulo 9.
2. 2

   Except for differences accounted for by.

   • "A is the same as B modulo C" means A is the same as B except for differences accounted for by C.
   • Thus, the underlying structure which I would assign to Navajo will be identical, modulo word order, to the one that we found to be projected in all of the languages studied in chapter 3.
   • Moreover, in the role of consumer, each individual (modulo his location) faces the same array of goods and services on sale to anyone who can pay the purchase price[.]
3. 3

   With due allowance for (a specified exception or particular detail).

   • In the Lisp programming language, the "tail recursion modulo cons" technique allows functions that would be tail recursive but for a cons call to be transformed into a tail recursive form.
   • All mammals, modulo the monotremes, give birth to live young.
   • I think it still holds up relatively well, modulo Joss Whedon's quirks, but a fuller version would probably have to include some more of the aftermath.
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   1. 4

      The operation or function that returns the remainder of one number divided by another.

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