assertion
<programming> 1. An expression which, if false, indicates an error.
Assertions are used for debugging by catching can't happen errors.
2. In logic programming, a new fact or rule added to the database by the program
at run time. This is an extralogical or impure feature of logic programming
languages.
(1997-06-30)
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