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3	3	Naming values is a common practice in mathematics and engineering, \eg $\pi$, $\tau$ (2$\pi$), $\phi$ (golden ratio), MHz (1E6), etc.
4	4	Naming is also commonly used to represent many other numerical phenomenon, such as days of the week, months of a year, floors of a building (basement), specific times (noon, New Years).
5		Many programming languages capture this important software-engineering capability through a mechanism called an \Newterm{enumeration}.
	5	Many programming languages capture this important software engineering capability through a mechanism called an \Newterm{enumeration}.
6	6	An enumeration is similar to other programming-language types by providing a set of constrained values, but adds the ability to name \emph{all} the values in its set.
7	7	Note, all enumeration names must be unique but different names can represent the same value (eight note, quaver), which are synonyms.

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