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From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:
arg /arg/ n. Abbreviation for 'argument' (to a function), used so often as to have become a new word (like 'piano' from 'pianoforte'). "The sine function takes 1 arg, but the arc-tangent function can take either 1 or 2 args." Compare {param}, {parm}, {var}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:
arg {argument}
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