(idea) by jt Tue Aug 14 2001 at 7:29:48

In abstract algebra, a groupoid is a set equipped with a binary operation under which it is closed. Unlike a monoid or a semigroup or a group, there are no other requirements; the operation need not be associative or commutative, there need not be inverses or an identity, and the set may even be empty.

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