argument

Information passed to a method. Arguments are also sometimes called parameters. A method expecting to receive arguments must contain a formal argument declaration for each as part of its method header. When a method is called, the actual argument values are copied into the corresponding formal arguments.

A data item specified in a method call. An argument can be a literal value, a variable, or an expression.

A piece of data supplied to a program, "subroutine", "function", or "method" to tell it what it's supposed to do. Also called a "parameter".

An independent variable. 2. Any value of an independent variable. Note: Examples of arguments include search keys, numbers that identify the location of a data item in a table, and the θ in sin θ.