function call
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4.4
- noun
- /ˈfʌŋkʃən kɔl/
- Specialized
:
llamada de función
- The programmer made a function call to retrieve data from the database.
And so you get code that when you, when, when something in your source code looks like a function call, it is a function call.
- And so you get code that when you, when, when something in your source code looks like a function call, it is a function call.
Examples
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To do this, you need to create a .strings file containing all the strings your project needs and replace them with a function call to look up the strings based on the current language.
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It's also possible to load a series of splash screens, each following in succession, with just one function call.
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And so this entire function call is replaced with three.
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And so you get code that when you, when, when something in your source code looks like a function call, it is a function call.
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Emulation is replaced by C function calls in the Java virtual machine and by the generation of native code in the JIT.
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You can optimize naive function call linkage.
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And if you can optimize function calls really well, perhaps you can do the same thing for continuations and coroutines.
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The Fibonacci example is terrible as it incurs an exponential number of function calls; fortunately, there are ways to optimize these algorithms.
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While they are written in C in the case of all built-in types, in 9.1, we still accessed the comparators through the SQL function call machinery, rather than a direct function call (or function call through a function pointer).
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MPI's derived datatypes further enhance the portability and efficiency of MPI codes by enabling the architect to communicate noncontiguous data with a single MPI function call.
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Synonyms
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7.5
An instruction that makes a program run a separate set of commands
How Complex
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2
4.6
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1
4.4
- Specialized
72
7.5
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is compositionally built from 'function' (a named routine) + 'call' (an instruction to invoke), so the idea of invoking or executing a function is directly derivable from the constituents. This compounding pattern is common in programming terminology and has close parallels in other languages, making it accessible to a B1 learner who knows both words.
Etymology
Function call comes from the picture of 'calling' a helper: you ask someone to do a small job and they come back when it is done. In programming you 'call' a function so it runs and then 'returns', so a function call is an instruction that asks a small piece of code to run and then give control back to the main program.