Related Terms. A Rapid Application Development (RAD) system developed by Borland International, Inc. Delphi is similar to Visual Basic from Microsoft, but whereas Visual Basic is based on the BASIC programming language, Delphi is based on Pascal.
A parameter is a numerical value that states something about the entire population being studied. For example, we may want to know the mean wingspan of the American bald eagle. This is a parameter because it is describing all of the population. Parameters are difficult if not impossible to obtain exactly.
1 Answer 1. active oldest votes. up vote 482 down vote accepted. A parameter is the variable which is part of the methodâs signature (method declaration). An argument is an expression used when calling the method. Consider the following code: Here i and f are the parameters, and anInt and 2.0 are the arguments. share | improve this answer.