What do they mean by MOD 6?

F = (12 + 3) MOD 6

modulo_function2012-03-31T16:17:31Z

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It's the remainder of integer division by 6.

If you recall way back in grade school when you were learning division you were taugt the report the quotient and a remainder. That remainder is the modulo

15 mod 6 = 3
because
15 = k*5+3

It's very useful for detemining if one number is a divisor or another:
when
n mod k = 0
that means that n is an integer multiple of k

Motorhead2012-03-31T16:15:50Z

MOD is like division, but only returns the remainder.

For example, 14 mod 3 return 2.
That is because 14 divided by 3 is 4 with a remainder of 2

Anonymous2012-03-31T16:05:56Z

It's short for modulo. See link below.