Denotational Semantics Definition/Meaning:

An approach to the semantics of programming languages in which the meaning of a program in a particular language is given by a valuation function that associates with each well-formed syntactic construct of the language an abstract value, e.g. a number, truth value, or function. These valuation functions are compositional or recursive in nature: the value of a program is specified as a function of the values denoted by its syntactic subcomponents. A great deal of work in this area is currently directed at the semantics of parallel programs. This approach was initiated and developed by Christopher Strachey and Dana Scott.

Near by Terms: Deadlock Deadly Embrace (deadlock) Debouncing Debugging Debug Tool (debugger) DEC Decade Counter Decay Time of a Pulse Decidable Decision Gate Decision Problem Decision Procedure (effective procedure) Decision Support System Decision Table Decision Tree Deck Declaration Declarative Languages (nonprocedural languages) Decoder   Decoder/Demultiplexer   Decoder/Driver Decoder Error Decoding Decollator Decompiler Decomposition Deconvolution Decryption Dedicated Defect Skipping Deferred Addressing Deferred Approach to the Limit (Richardson extrapolation) Deflation Degree Delay Differential Equations Delay Line Delete Deletion Delimiter Delta PCM (∆PCM) Demand Paging Demand Reading, Writing Demodulator De Morgan's Laws Demultiplexer Dendrogram Denial of Service (interdiction) Denotational Semantics Density Denumerable Set Deposit Depth Depth-Balanced Depth-First Search Deque Derivation Sequence Derivation Tree Descendant of a Node Descriptor Destructive Read-Out (DRO) Determinant Deterministic Deterministic Language Deterministic Turing Machine