Definition, Meaning & Synonyms

stmt

abbreviation
ˈstɛt̬.mənt
Definition
Abbreviation for ‘statement’, commonly used in programming and database contexts to refer to instructions or queries executed in a program or during data processing.
Examples
  • The SQL stmt retrieves data from the database.
  • In programming, each stmt must be clear and concise for the code to function properly.
  • We wrote a stmt to update the user records in the system.
Meaning
A stmt is a single logical instruction or command in a programming language or a query in database management, which tells the system to perform an action.
Synonyms
  • statement
  • declaration
  • expression