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# 'Return' or 'unit' which wraps a piece of raw data, returning the wrapped 'monadic' form. |
# 'Return' or 'unit' which wraps a piece of raw data, returning the wrapped 'monadic' form. |
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# 'Bind' which applies some other function directly to the contents of a monadic wrapper, obtains a result, and returns a wrapped form of that result. |
# 'Bind' which applies some other function directly to the contents of a monadic wrapper, obtains a result, and returns a wrapped form of that result. |
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(The term monad derives from [[wp:Monad_(category_theory)|a concept in category theory]]. In ancient Greek the word μοναδικος means 'consisting of units'). |
(The term monad derives from [[wp:Monad_(category_theory)|a concept in category theory]]. In ancient Greek the word μοναδικος means 'consisting of units'). |
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