From 6d78035f4b3ee4a253c6aa8f634f11ff3fc11a34 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joe Mooring Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2023 14:04:14 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] Add interval description to glossary (#2378) --- content/en/getting-started/glossary.md | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) diff --git a/content/en/getting-started/glossary.md b/content/en/getting-started/glossary.md index edf64ab89..dce3d1527 100644 --- a/content/en/getting-started/glossary.md +++ b/content/en/getting-started/glossary.md @@ -147,6 +147,16 @@ A numeric data type without a fractional component. For example, `42`. Software design and development efforts that enable [localization](#localization). See the [W3C definition](https://www.w3.org/International/questions/qa-i18n). Abbreviated i18n. +###### interval + +An [interval](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interval_(mathematics)) is a range of numbers between two endpoints: closed, open, or half-open. + +- A _closed_ interval, denoted by brackets, includes its endpoints. For example, [0, 1] is the interval where `0 <= x <= 1`. + +- An _open_ interval, denoted by parenthesis, excludes its endpoints. For example, (0, 1) is the interval where `0 < x < 1`. + +- A _half-open_ interval includes only one of its endpoints. For example, (0, 1] is the _left-open_ interval where `0 < x <= 1`, while [0, 1) is the _right-open_ interval where `0 <= x < 1`. + ###### kind See [page kind](#page-kind).