monad
/ˈmoʊnæd/
noun
- A single unit or individual thing; something that is one and indivisible.
- Each monad in the system operates independently but contributes to the whole.
- In philosophy, a monad is a basic, indivisible substance that makes up reality.
- The biologist described the cell as a living monad, a complete unit of life.
- In computing, a design pattern that wraps a value and allows operations to be chained together in a predictable way.
- Learning how to use a monad can make your code cleaner and easier to debug.
- The programmer used a monad to handle errors without breaking the flow of the code.
- In functional programming, a monad helps manage side effects like input and output.