rest operator

noun

rest operator

noun

Etymology From rest (“that which remains”), as it is often used to provide the last few arguments to a function call.

1

Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Programming, Sciences An operator that collapses a number of individual values into an array.

Related terms
rest parameter

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