parameters

It would be pretty simple to ask the user for input before starting each time, or to read in parameters from a file.

The people on the bus are drunk « Dyepot, Teapot 2006

By December, he formerly recognized that the US-Israeli proposals at Camp David could not be accepted by any Palestinian, and he presented what he called his parameters, somewhat vague but more forthcoming.

Democracy Now! 2009

By December, he formerly recognized that the US-Israeli proposals at Camp David could not be accepted by any Palestinian, and he presented what he called his parameters, somewhat vague but more forthcoming.

Democracy Now! 2009

So climate modelers turn to what they call parameters or, as Dyson likes to call them: "fudge factors."

Scientific American 2009

By December, he formerly recognized that the US-Israeli proposals at Camp David could not be accepted by any Palestinian, and he presented what he called his parameters, somewhat vague but more forthcoming.

Democracy Now! 2009

Most oil contracts are at fixed price formulas based on long term parameters.

Georges Ugeux: Don't Worry About the Oil Prices Georges Ugeux 2011

But Nernst showed in 1906 that it is possible with the aid of the third law, to derive the necessary parameters from the temperature dependence of thermochemical quantities.

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry: The Development of Modern Chemistry 2010

But research supporting those parameters is limited and there is little data to suggest what treatment to pursue for patients in between those readings.

An Overused Step in Heart Surgery Ron Winslow 2010

The resolution to both matters involves certain parameters for how we use Netflix data in any future research programs.

Netflix Cancels Netflix Prize Sequel Due To Privacy Lawsuit | /Film 2010

Franken was well within parameters to enforce the agreed upon time limits.

Al Franken's senate shut down 2009