inkrement

Inkrement is a term used in several European languages to denote a discrete increase in a quantity from one value to the next. In mathematics and statistics, an inkrement represents the amount added to a variable during a single step of a process or during the evaluation of a function over a small interval.

The word derives from Latin incrementum and is cognate with the English term increment; in German, Dutch, and some technical contexts, inkrement is common.

In computing, inkrement is closely associated with the increment operation that raises a numeric value by a fixed amount, typically one. Many languages implement this as ++var (pre- or post-increment) or as var += 1; the exact semantics depend on the language's evaluation order.

In databases, auto-increment fields automatically generate a new inkrement for each inserted row to provide unique identifiers.

In data collection and measurement, inkrement refers to the smallest detectable or defined change, akin to a step size or granularity.

Although common in technical literature, the English term increment is more widely used in general writing.