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Definition of operator

A person who controls a machine or system, such as a computer or telephone switchboard.

Computer Science

Other definitions of operator

A sign or symbol that specifies the type of calculation to perform within an expression. There are mathematical, comparison, logical, and reference operators.

Computer Science

An element of a filter that specifies a relationship between data values, such as comparison or equality.

Computer Science

An atomic unit of a query as scheduled by the StreamInsight server to process the events on which the query is applied. Examples include SELECT, PROJECT, AGGREGATE, UNION, TOP K and JOIN. Operators are fully composable and have a specific number of inputs and outputs. See Other Terms: query, query template, composable.

Computer Science

An object that processes and enhances items in a content processing flow and processes and enhances queries in a query processing flow.

Computer Science