👉 In computational linguistics, a tern is a type of variable that is used to represent an element in a sequence. It is also known as a "tern" or "ternary" variable because it has three parts, which are typically represented by a single symbol (e.g., "a", "b", or "c"). For example, if we have a list of numbers, the tern could be used to represent an element in this list. For instance: ``` list = [