what does seq stand for in haskell

Question

I am new to haskell, and have just come to the lazy world proramming. I read that the seq function is very special because it forces to use a strict evaluation in order to be more efficient in some cases. But I just can't find what seq stand for literally. Maybe Strict Evaluation Q*???

Answer 1

It is supposed to remind you of "sequentially" or "sequence" because it allows the programmer to specify the sequence of evaluation of its arguments.