Vocabulary

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The following page documents K related words. All definitions written here should be hence treated as such, and not as an extension of their English counterparts.

Noun

A noun is a basic value in K, which can be a:

  • Number
  • Character
  • Symbol
  • Function
  • Dictionary
  • Array
  • Table

Verb

A verb is a primitive function in K. K has 20 primitive verbs which represent multiple overloads that form its base functionality.

Adverb

An adverb is a primitive syntactical form in K which takes 1 or 2 functions on the left and changes their functionality.

Dictionary

A K dictionary is a mapping from a set of K nouns as keys to a set of K nouns which constitute the values of the dictionary. Keys may not need to be unique, depending on the K version.

Function

A function can be a:

  • Primitive verb
  • Lambda
  • Train
  • Projection of any of the above.

Valence

Monad

Dyad

Matrix

Shape

Conform

Atomic

Vector

Scalar

Lambda