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  • 1Return value optimization — Return value optimization, or simply RVO, is a compiler optimization technique that involves eliminating the temporary object created to hold a function s return value.[1] In C++, it is particularly notable for being allowed to change the… …

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  • 2Return to Nevèrÿon (series) — Return to Nevèrÿon book covers Return to Nevèrÿon is a series of eleven “sword and sorcery” stories by Samuel R. Delany, originally published in four volumes during the years 1979 1987. Those volumes are: Tales of Nevèrÿon Neveryóna, or: The Tale …

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  • 3Return on capital employed — (ROCE) is used in finance as a measure of the returns that a company is realising from its capital employed. It is commonly used as a measure for comparing the performance between businesses and for assessing whether a business generates enough… …

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  • 4Function object — A function object, also called a functor or functional, is a computer programming construct allowing an object to be invoked or called as if it were an ordinary function, usually with the same syntax.Function objects are unrelated to functors in… …

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  • 5Return statement — In computer programming, a return statement causes execution to leave the current subroutine and resume at the point in the code immediately after where the subroutine was called known as its return address. The return address is saved, usually… …

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  • 6Function prototype — A function prototype in C or C++ is a declaration of a function that omits the function body but does specify the function s name, arity, argument types and return type. While a function definition specifies what a function does, a function… …

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  • 7Function pointer — A function pointer is a type of pointer in C, C++, D, and other C like programming languages, and Fortran 2003.[1] When dereferenced, a function pointer can be used to invoke a function and pass it arguments just like a normal function. In… …

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  • 8Function composition (computer science) — In computer science, function composition (not to be confused with object composition) is an act or mechanism to combine simple functions to build more complicated ones. Like the usual composition of functions in mathematics, the result of the… …

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  • 9Return type — In computer programming, the return type defines and constrains the type of value returned from calling a method or function. The return type must be explicitly mentioned when declaring a function in many statically typed languages, such as Java …

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  • 10function — /fungk sheuhn/, n. 1. the kind of action or activity proper to a person, thing, or institution; the purpose for which something is designed or exists; role. 2. any ceremonious public or social gathering or occasion. 3. a factor related to or… …

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