< Prolog
This is (or will be) a glossary of common Prolog terms.
- Argument
- Definition missing
- Arity
- The number of arguments that a predicate takes. E.g.
member(X,List)has arity 2. In documentation, the arity of a predicate is written as predicate/arity. E.g.member/2. - Backtracking
- If a sub-goal fails, the built-in Prolog search mechanism will go back to the parent-goal. Any variables that were instantiated in the sub-goal will be un-instantiated. Prolog will then search for a new way of satisfying the sub-goal. This process is called backtracking.
- Clause
- A single clause of a relation, usually defined as Head :- Body, but see also Fact.
- Fact
- A Clause with no body, that is a Head on its own.
- Functor
- Definition missing
- Goal
- See query.
- Ground Term
- A Term which has no logic variables in it.
- Predicate
- A set of clauses or a relation.
- Query
- Definition missing
- Relation
- Synonym for Predicate.
- Recursion/Recursive
- Definition missing
- Rule
- See clause.
- Term
- Every object in Prolog is a term, that includes variables, compounds, numbers, source code.
- Unification
- Definition missing
- Singleton Variable
- If a variable is named only once in a clause, usually it is replace with _.
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