Function

Function may refer to:

  • Function (biology), explaining why a feature survived selection
  • Function (computer science), or subroutine, a portion of code within a larger program, performs a specific task
  • Function (engineering), related to the selected property of a system
  • Function (language), in linguistics, a way of achieving an aim using language
  • Function (mathematics), an abstract entity that associates an input to a corresponding output according to some rule
  • Function model, a structured representation of the functions, activities or processes
  • Function object, or functor or functionoid, a concept of object-oriented programming
  • Function Drinks, a beverage company based in Redondo Beach, California.
  • Diatonic function, a term in music theory
  • Function (E-40 song), a 2012 song by American rapper E-40 featuring YG, iAmSu & Problem

Famous quotes containing the word function:

    “To make us feel small in the right way is a function of art; men can only make us feel small in the wrong way.”
    —E.M. (Edward Morgan)

    “The art of living is to function in society without doing violence to one’s own needs or to the needs of others. The art of mothering is to teach the art of living to children.”
    —Elaine Heffner (20th century)

    “The function of comedy is to dispel ... unconsciousness by turning the searchlight of the keenest moral and intellectual analysis right on to it.”
    —George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)