Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

functional programming

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.00 in modern English

Syllables: func-tion-al pro-gram-ming
IPA

34

Scrabble Score

21

Letters

5

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Uncountable

Usage

Uncountable

Phrases

functional language function-level programming

Frequently Paired Words

functional language function-level programming

Questions

What does functional programming mean?: Programming in a style that, in lieu of assignment, uses procedure calls to bind variables to values, so that referential transparency is preserved.

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