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• Trainer should explain to them that the static allocation will work in those cases where the function is a leaf function, i.e., it is not calling any function and there is only one thread (control sequence) in the program.

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  1. noun The action for which a person or thing is particularly fitted or employed.
  2. noun Assigned duty or activity.
  3. noun A specific occupation or role: in my function as chief editor.
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  • • Trainer should explain to them that the static allocation will work in those cases where the function is a leaf function, i.e., it is not calling any function and there is only one thread (control sequence) in the program. —  Recently Uploaded Slideshows
  • Notice here that a function is assigned to a variable. var search = function (): Void {...} —  Java Technology Headlines
  • Example: This function is a bit more complicated than the rest of the string functions above. —  HTMLGoodies.com: Your source for HTML, CSS, JavaScript and Web Development Tutorials and Primers!
  • Of all the new features in Premiere Pro 1.5, Adobe tells us that this function was the one that caused the most jaws to drop when it was first demonstrated in April of this year (2004).
  • We can't tell it the name of the function that we want to pass it to however, because the function is anonymous. jQuery will handle this for us and ensure the data is passed to the correct function. —  doggdot.us
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activity ·  process ·  type ·  data ·  component ·  level ·  service

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function:   functions ·  functioned ·  functioning
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  1. Latin fūnctiō, fūnctiōn-, performance, execution, from fūnctus, past participle of fungī, to perform, execute.

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  1. from Old French function, French fonction = Spanish funcion = Portuguese função, funcção = Italian funzione, from Latin functio (n -), performance, execution, from fungi, past participle functus, perform, execute, discharge. Cf. defunct.
  2. from function, n.
 

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