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functional programming

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Programming in a style that, in lieu of assignment, uses procedure calls to bind variables to values, so that referential transparency is preserved.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences

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18 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: ֆունկցիոնալ ծրագրավորում (funkcʻional cragravorum) — programming paradigm
  • Bulgarian: функциона́лно програми́ране (funkcionálno programírane) — programming paradigm
  • Chinese Mandarin: 函數式程式設計 /函数式程式设计 (hánshùshì chéngshì shèjì) — programming paradigm
  • Chinese Mandarin: 函數式編程 /函数式编程 (hánshùshì biānchéng) — programming paradigm
  • Chinese Mandarin: 泛函編程 /泛函编程 — programming paradigm
  • Czech: funkcionální programování — programming paradigm
  • Dutch: functioneel programmeren — programming paradigm
  • Finnish: funktionaalinen ohjelmointi — programming paradigm
  • Georgian: ფუქნციონალური პროგრამირება (pukncionaluri ṗrogramireba) — programming paradigm
  • German: funktionale Programmierung — programming paradigm
  • Hebrew: תכנות פונקציונלי (tikhnút funktsyonáli) — programming paradigm
  • Hungarian: funkcionális programozás — programming paradigm
  • Icelandic: fallaforritun — programming paradigm
  • Japanese: 関数プログラミング (kansū-puroguramingu) — programming paradigm
  • Polish: programowanie funkcyjne — programming paradigm
  • Romanian: programare funcțională — programming paradigm
  • Russian: функциональное программирование (funkcionalʹnoje programmirovanije) — programming paradigm
  • Turkish: fonksiyonel programlama — programming paradigm