In Probabilistic Graphical Model (written by Daphne Koller), what's the meaning of "parameter" in representation of the distribution?

A user on AI Stack Exchange asked what "parameter" means in the representation of a distribution in Daphne Koller's probabilistic graphical models book, citing the chapter on Bayesian network representation and the parameterization of the joint distribution for n-trial coin tosses.

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