different between cdr vs cons

English

Alternative forms

• CDR

Etymology

Acronym of contents of the decrement part of register number. Note that it was based on original hardware and has no meaning today.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ku.d?/, /?ku.d?/
• IPA^(key): /?k?d.?/, /?k?d.?/

Noun

cdr (plural cdrs)

1. (programming) The second part of a cons in LISP. The rest of a list when the first element is removed.

   Antonym: car

Derived terms

• cadr
• caddr
• cddr

Further reading

• CAR and CDR on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• CRD, DRC, RCD, RDC

English

Etymology 1

Noun

cons

1. plural of con

Etymology 2

Clipping of construct.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?nz/, /?k?ns/

Noun

cons (plural conses)

1. (programming) A data structure in LISP that is a pair of pointers, car and cdr, used mainly for lists.

   Synonym: cons cell

   Meronyms: car, cdr

Verb

cons (third-person singular simple present conses, present participle consing, simple past and past participle consed)

1. (programming) To obtain a list from a cons or a nesting of conses; to prepend an element to a list by forming a cons of that element and the list; to obtain a list from a smaller one by repeated application of such kind of prepending.

Etymology 3

Verb

cons

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of con

Anagrams

• CNOs, NCOs, NOCs, OCNs, ONCs, ONSC, scon

Catalan

Noun

cons

1. plural of con

French

Noun

cons m

1. plural of con