Mathematica has a highly flexible system for handling dates and times in almost any format, automatically converting between formats, and when necessary parsing strings ...

LinkRead[link] reads one expression from the specified MathLink connection. LinkRead[link, h] wraps h around the expression read before evaluating it.

LinkWrite[link, expr] writes expr to the specified MathLink connection.

MeshStyle is an option for Plot3D, DensityPlot, and other plotting functions that specifies the style in which to draw a mesh.

Protected is an attribute which prevents any values associated with a symbol from being modified.

Trig is an option for various polynomial manipulation functions that specifies whether trigonometric functions should be treated like polynomial elements.

$TimedOut is a special symbol returned by certain functions when an operation times out.

NumberFieldDiscriminant[a] gives the discriminant of the field \[DoubleStruckCapitalQ][a] generated by the algebraic number a.

Introduction to Dynamic Advanced Dynamic Functionality

Built into Mathematica is the world's largest collection of both numerical and symbolic equation solving capabilities—with many original algorithms, all automatically ...