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<p>and language, the terms argument and parameter have distinct uses established by convention. The term argument is used exclusively in reference to a routine's inputs, and the term parameter is used exclusively in type parameterization for <a href="page.php?w=Generic_programming">generic classes</a>.</p>

<p>Consider the following routine definition:</p>

<p><syntaxhighlight lang="eiffel">    sum (a: INTEGER; b: INTEGER): INTEGER        do            Result := a + b        end</syntaxhighlight></p>

<p>The routine <code>sum</code> takes two arguments</p><p>
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