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Re:Parameter or Argument? by to3m on Thursday July 14, 2016 @09:53AM (#12093751)
The words are definitely not interchangeable, but you can probably say "parameter" most of the time, and people will figure out from context whether you mean a parameter or an argument. I'm a lot less certain this applies to "argument".

(You could also say something like "parameter value"... VC++ calls parameters "formal parameters" and arguments "actual parameters", for example.)

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Re:Parameter or Argument? by dzdt on Thursday July 14, 2016 @10:36AM (#12094152)
I looked for a reference.

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/156767/whats-the-differen...

"Summary"

"The general consensus seems to be that it's OK to use these terms interchangeably in a team environment. Except perhaps when you're defining the precise terminology; then you can also use 'formal argument/parameter' and 'actual argument/parameter' to disambiguate."

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