When exchanging expressions with external programs, the Mathematica kernel uses the convention of wrapping the expressions inside packets which identify what role the ...

Mathematica supports dynamic hierarchical namespace management, fully integrated into the Mathematica language. Mathematica's symbolic programming paradigm allows a unique ...

Mathematica symbols are the ultimate atoms of symbolic data. Every symbol has a unique name, exists in a certain Mathematica context or namespace, and can have a variety of ...

Mathematica's symbolic timing framework allows timing information not only to be analyzed but also to be used in the structure of algorithms. Mathematica provides functions ...

Appearance is an option for displayed objects such as Button and Slider that specifies the general type of appearance they should have.

ButtonNotebook[] gives the notebook, if any, that contains the button which initiated the current evaluation.

CopyDirectory["dir_1", "dir_2"] copies the directory dir_1 to dir_2.

Deploy[expr] yields a deployed version of expr in which elements such as Slider, InputField, Locator, and Button are active, but general editing and selection is disabled.

DynamicSetting[e] represents an object which displays as e, but is interpreted as the dynamically updated current value of Setting[e] if supplied as Mathematica ...

EvaluationNotebook[] gives the notebook in which this function is being evaluated.