Word info

modulo

Speech parts

1. modulo - Noun

2. modulo - Preposition

Meaning

(mathematics) 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.

(technical) Except for differences accounted for by.
Synonym: up to
"A is the same as B modulo C" means A is the same as B except for differences accounted for by C.

(The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:) (extended use) With due allowance for (a specified exception or particular detail).
Synonyms: barring, except for, save for; see also Thesaurus:except
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.

modulo (uncountable)

(computing) The operation or function that returns the remainder of one number divided by another.
Synonym: modulus

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

Adding one to the remainder after dividing by seven a date's Julian day number (JD modulo 7 + 1) yields that date's ISO 8601 day of the week, Richards, E. G. (2013). Source: Internet

Ada supports numerical types defined by a range, modulo types, aggregate types (records and arrays), and enumeration types. Source: Internet

An integer a is a quadratic residue modulo p if it is congruent to a perfect square modulo p and is a quadratic nonresidue modulo p otherwise. Source: Internet

As usual, denotes addition modulo 2. The operation flips the oracle qubit if and leaves it unchanged otherwise. Source: Internet

Another typical example is the statement that "there are two different groups of order 4 up to isomorphism ", or "modulo isomorphism, there are two groups of order 4". Source: Internet

Alternatively, decoding a Gray code into a binary number can be described as a prefix sum of the bits in the Gray code, where each individual summation operation in the prefix sum is performed modulo two. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms