Cryptographic hash function — A cryptographic hash function (specifically, SHA 1) at work. Note that even small changes in the source input (here in the word over ) drastically change the resulting output, by the so called avalanche effect. A cryptographic hash function is a… … Wikipedia
Pure function — In computer programming, a function may be described as pure if both these statements about the function hold: # The function always evaluates the same result value given the same argument value(s). The function result value cannot depend on any… … Wikipedia
Conway base 13 function — The Conway base 13 function is a function created by British mathematician John H. Conway as a counterexample to the converse of the intermediate value theorem. In other words, even though Conway s function f is not continuous, if… … Wikipedia
Distribution function — This article describes the distribution function as used in physics. You may be looking for the related mathematical concepts of cumulative distribution function or probability density function. In molecular kinetic theory in physics, a particle… … Wikipedia
Compile time function execution — (or compile time function evaluation, CTFE) is the ability of a compiler, that would normally compile a function to machine code and execute it at run time, to execute the function at compile time. This is possible if the arguments to the… … Wikipedia
Filter (higher-order function) — In functional programming, filter is a higher order function that processes a data structure (typically a list) in some order to produce a new data structure containing exactly those elements of the original data structure for which a given… … Wikipedia
Read-modify-write — In computer science, read modify write is a class of atomic operations such as test and set, fetch and add, and compare and swap which both read a memory location and write a new value into it simultaneously, either with a completely new value or … Wikipedia
Evaluation strategy — Evaluation strategies Strict evaluation Applicative order Call by value Call by reference Call by sharing Call by copy restore Non strict evaluation Normal order Call by name Call by need/Lazy evaluation … Wikipedia
Life Sciences — ▪ 2009 Introduction Zoology In 2008 several zoological studies provided new insights into how species life history traits (such as the timing of reproduction or the length of life of adult individuals) are derived in part as responses to… … Universalium
cell — cell1 cell like, adj. /sel/, n. 1. a small room, as in a convent or prison. 2. any of various small compartments or bounded areas forming part of a whole. 3. a small group acting as a unit within a larger organization: a local cell of the… … Universalium
Government procurement in the United States — is based on many of the same principles as commercial contracting, but is subject to special laws and regulation as described below. Persons entering into commercial contracts are pretty much free to do anything that they can agree on. Each… … Wikipedia