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postfix notation
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | postfix notation - a parenthesis-free notation for forming mathematical expressions in which each operator follows its operandsreverse Polish notation, suffix notationparenthesis-free notation - a notation for forming mathematical expressions that does not use parentheses to delimit components |
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postfix notation
postfix notation[′pōst‚fiks nō′tā·shən] (computer science) reverse Polish notation postfix notation (language)(Or "Reverse Polish Notation", RPN) One of thepossible orderings of functions and operands: in postfixnotation the functions are preceded by all their operands.For example, what may normally be written as "1+2" becomes "12 +". Postfix notation is well suited for stack basedarchitectures but modern compilers reduced this advantageconsiderably.
The best-known language with postfix syntax is FORTH. SomeHewlett-Packard calculators use it, e.g. HP-25, HP-29C,HP-41C, HP-23SII.
Compare: infix notation, prefix notation.postfix notation
Synonyms for postfix notationnoun a parenthesis-free notation for forming mathematical expressions in which each operator follows its operandsSynonyms- reverse Polish notation
- suffix notation
Related Words- parenthesis-free notation
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