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1. ''Maths''.   
#''Maths''.  A variable input to a maths function which drives the result of the maths function.  For example the function Profit = Revenues LESS Costs has two arguments, namely Revenues and Costs.
 
#''Computing''.  A variable input to a computer function which drives the result of the computer function.  For example the Excel function '''=ROUND(number, num_digits)''' also has two arguments, namely the ''number'' which is being rounded off and the ''number of decimal places'' to which the number is to be rounded.
A variable input to a maths function which drives the result of the maths function.   
 
For example the function Profit = Revenues LESS Costs has two arguments, namely Revenues and Costs.
 
 
2. ''Computing''.   
 
A variable input to a computer function which drives the result of the computer function.  
   
For example the Excel function '''=ROUND(number, num_digits)''' also has two arguments, namely the ''number'' which is being rounded off and the ''number of decimal places'' to which the number is to be rounded.

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  1. Maths. A variable input to a maths function which drives the result of the maths function. For example the function Profit = Revenues LESS Costs has two arguments, namely Revenues and Costs.
  2. Computing. A variable input to a computer function which drives the result of the computer function. For example the Excel function =ROUND(number, num_digits) also has two arguments, namely the number which is being rounded off and the number of decimal places to which the number is to be rounded.