"IFP" is a really nasty piece of jargon. It means "Inverse Functional Property". In turn, that means a property that uniquely identifies an instance. For example, if a US social security number were really unique to a particular person, it would be an IFP. That is, if you know its value you can uniquely determine its owner. By contrast, a telephone number would not uniquely identify a person, because several people can share a phone number. Cheers, Tom P I’ve been reading some posts on the list and continually finding the term IFP. What are those? Sorry for being so naïve.
Hi all: I’ve been reading some posts on the list and continually finding the term IFP. What are those? Sorry for being so naïve. Regards, Manuel.
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