Assertion


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Assertion or assert may refer to:

Computing

  • Assertion (software development), a computer programming technique
  • assert.h, a header file in the standard library of the C programming language
  • Assertion definition language, a specification language providing a formal grammar to specify behaviour and interfaces for computer software

Logic and language

  • Logical assertion, a statement that asserts that a certain premise is true
  • Proof by assertion, an informal fallacy in which a proposition is repeatedly restated
  • Time of assertion, in linguistics a secondary temporal reference in establishing tense
  • Assertive, a speech act that commits a speaker to the truth of the expressed proposition

Other uses

  • Assert (horse) (1979–1995), an Irish racehorse
  • Assertions (auditing), the set of information that the statement preparer is providing in a financial statement audit

See also

  • All pages with titles beginning with Assert
  • All pages with titles containing Assertion
  • All pages with titles containing Assert
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