It is also sometimes used to denote the logical conjunction in formal logic, due to the relationship between these two operations.
Put another way, is a logical conjunction of all universal properties that has.
A precondition is simply a logical conjunction of conditions.
Here, "and" is the logical conjunction.
For similar reasons, the logical conjunction of no argument is the tautology.
This would seem to be a logical conjunction because of the repeated use of "and."
Many languages also provide short-circuit control structures corresponding to logical conjunction.
The Curry-Howard correspondence relates logical conjunction to product types.
The logical conjunction and in logic is related to, but not the same as, the grammatical conjunction and in natural languages.
English "and" has properties not captured by logical conjunction.