Forcing Function

Forcing function can mean:

  • In differential calculus, a Forcing function (differential equations)
  • In interaction design, a behavior-shaping constraint, a means of preventing undesirable user input usually made by mistake.

Famous quotes containing the words forcing and/or function:

    no arranged terror: no forcing of image, plan,
    or thought:
    no propaganda, no humbling of reality to precept:
    terror pervades but is not arranged, all possibilities
    of escape open: no route shut,
    Archie Randolph Ammons (b. 1926)

    Morality and its victim, the mother—what a terrible picture! Is there indeed anything more terrible, more criminal, than our glorified sacred function of motherhood?
    Emma Goldman (1869–1940)