A result (also called upshot) is the final consequence of a
sequence of actions or events expressed qualitatively or quantitatively. Possible results include
advantage,
disadvantage,
gain,
injury,
loss, value and
victory. There may be a range of possible outcomes associated with an event depending on the point of view, historical distance or relevance. Reaching no result can mean that actions are inefficient, ineffective, meaningless or flawed.
in
computer sciences, the
return value of a function, state of a system or list of records matching a query (e.g. web search). The result type is the
data type of the data returned by a function.
In
management and related fields, a result is a piece of
information that has certain properties in absolute terms or in relation to previous results or settings
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