Non-ordered n-tuple?

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In many mathematics texts I've seen "ordered n-tuple" appear, and in such texts, there isn't any mention of just "n-tuple". So I'm wondering: are there really cases where one writes "n-tuple" and somehow it's not ordered? If not, I'm thinking the "ordered" in "ordered n-tuple" is really not necessary and can be shortened to just "n-tuple". Please let me know if there is significance is writing "ordered n-tuple" that I'm not seeing.

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The words "ordered n-tuple" and "n-tuple" are synonym: See the wikipedia article „tuple“ or Wolfram's article.