Update[symbol] tells Mathematica that hidden changes have been made which could affect values associated with a symbol. Update[] specifies that the value of any symbol could ...

$RootDirectory gives the root directory of your file system.

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

We first encountered lists in "Making Lists of Objects" as a way of collecting numbers together. Here, we shall see many different ways to use lists. You will find that lists ...

Combinatorial functions. The factorial function n! gives the number of ways of ordering n objects. For non-integer n, the numerical value of n! is obtained from the gamma ...

Canadian digital elevation data. Standard format for the distribution of terrain elevation data for the United States. Canadian Centre for Topographic Information (CTI) ...

ExampleData["type"] gives a list of names of examples of the specified type.ExampleData[{" type", " name"}] gives the default form of the named example of the specified ...

Mathematica can routinely import and export hundreds of megabytes in all standard basic formats—in addition to supporting hundreds of more structured formats.

Dynamic and Manipulate have holding attributes that are vital in making them work properly. However, those holding attributes can interfere with other structural operations ...

Mathematica 's extensive capabilities for presenting data, text, graphics, and dynamic elements in formatted tables give you control over all elements of layout and styling. ...