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referential transparency

property of a computer software expression or subroutine that replacing it in the code with its evaluated result does not change the program's behavior
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referential transparency

Summary

referential transparency is a quality[1]. It draws 74 Wikipedia views per month (quality category, ranking #65 of 178).[2]

Key Facts

  • referential transparency's instance of is recorded as quality[3].
  • referential transparency's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/06lzn[4].
  • referential transparency's facet of is recorded as purely functional programming[5].
  • referential transparency's facet of is recorded as substitution[6].
  • referential transparency's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 126492120[7].
  • referential transparency's characteristic of is recorded as source code[8].

Why It Matters

referential transparency draws 74 Wikipedia views per month (quality category, ranking #65 of 178).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9] It is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). referential transparency. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/referential-transparency
MLA “referential transparency.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/referential-transparency.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_referential-transparency_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{referential transparency}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/referential-transparency}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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