• In computer programming, a function (also procedure, method, subroutine, routine, or subprogram) is a callable unit of software logic that has a well-defined...
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  • In computer programming, an anonymous function (function literal, expression or block) is a function definition that is not bound to an identifier. Anonymous...
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  • a concept of object-oriented programming Function (computer programming), a callable sequence of instructions Function (music), a relationship of a chord...
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  • In computer programming, a callback is a function that is stored as data (a reference) and designed to be called by another function – often back to the...
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    programming languages, with C compilers available for practically all modern computer architectures and operating systems. The book The C Programming...
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  • In computer science, function-level programming refers to one of the two contrasting programming paradigms identified by John Backus in his work on programs...
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  • In computer science, functional programming is a programming paradigm where programs are constructed by applying and composing functions. It is a declarative...
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  • In computer programming, an operator is a programming language construct that provides functionality that may not be possible to define as a user-defined...
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  • In computer science, declarative programming is a programming paradigm—a style of building the structure and elements of computer programs—that expresses...
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  • In computer programming, an aspect of a program is a feature linked to many other parts of the program, but is not related to the program's primary function...
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    Linear programming is a special case of mathematical programming (also known as mathematical optimization). More formally, linear programming is a technique...
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  • In programming languages, a closure, also lexical closure or function closure, is a technique for implementing lexically scoped name binding in a language...
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  • In computer programming, a function object is a construct allowing an object to be invoked or called as if it were an ordinary function, usually with the...
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  • In computer programming, a declaration is a language construct specifying identifier properties: it declares a word's (identifier's) meaning. Declarations...
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    variables to be among computer science's "most valuable treasures." Donald Knuth, Structured Programming, with go to Statements In computer science, a pointer...
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  • Kernighan, Programming in C: A Tutorial: main( ) { printf("hello, world"); } In the above example, the main( ) function defines where the program should start...
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  • Computer programming or coding is the composition of sequences of instructions, called programs, that computers can follow to perform tasks. It involves...
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  • Numbers in the Ch Programming Language". Scientific Programming: 76–106. Cheng, Harry (1993). "Scientific Computing in the Ch Programming Language". Scientific...
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    A computer program is a sequence or set of instructions in a programming language for a computer to execute. It is one component of software, which also...
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  • In computer programming, a parameter, a.k.a. formal argument, is a variable that represents an argument, a.k.a. actual argument, a.k.a. actual parameter...
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  • A programming paradigm is a relatively high-level way to conceptualize and structure the implementation of a computer program. A programming language can...
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  • A wrapper function is a function (another word for a subroutine) in a software library or a computer program whose main purpose is to call a second subroutine...
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  • programming language for artificial intelligence (AI) research. As one of the earliest programming languages, Lisp pioneered many ideas in computer science...
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  • In computer science, imperative programming is a programming paradigm of software that uses statements that change a program's state. In much the same...
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  • the first programming language to implement it. Christopher Strachey chose the term ad hoc polymorphism to refer to polymorphic functions that can be...
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    In computer science, conditionals (that is, conditional statements, conditional expressions and conditional constructs) are programming language constructs...
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  • In computer programming, a pure function is a function that has the following properties: the function return values are identical for identical arguments...
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  • A concatenative programming language is a point-free computer programming language in which all expressions denote functions, and the juxtaposition of...
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    evaluation function, also known as a heuristic evaluation function or static evaluation function, is a function used by game-playing computer programs to estimate...
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  • In computer science, function composition is an act or mechanism to combine simple functions to build more complicated ones. Like the usual composition...
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