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Dynamic dispatch

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static dispatchnoun(computing) A dispatch method where the implementation of a function or method is assigned during compile time.
double dispatchnoun(computing) A mechanism that dispatches a function call to different concrete functions depending on the runtime types of two objects involved.
single dispatchnoun(computing) A dispatch method where the implementation of a function or method is chosen solely on the type of the instance calling the method.
dispatchnounA message sent quickly, as a shipment, a prompt settlement of a business, or an important official message sent by a diplomat, government official, military officer, etc.
multiple dispatchnoun(object-oriented programming) Synonym of function overloading.
delegationnounAn act of delegating.
multidispatchnoun(object-oriented programming) Synonym of function overloading.
multimethodEmploying multiple methods.
dynamic bindingnoun(programming) A form of binding that occurs at runtime, such as the resolution of a virtual method call to a specific subclass's implementation.
dynamic memory allocationnoun(computing) The process of allocating memory at runtime.
dispatchernounIn a transportation organization, a person who controls the movements of vehicles.
dynamic typingnoun(programming) A system in which typechecking is performed at run time and not at compilation, opposed to static typing.
relocationnounThe act of moving from one place to another.
ad-hoc polymorphismnoun(computer science) A kind of polymorphism where polymorphic functions can be applied to arguments of different types, as they can denote a number of distinct and potentially heterogeneous implementations depending on the types of argument to which they are applied.
dynamic programmingnoun(mathematics, computer science) An optimization method by which a problem having optimal substructure is recursively broken into simpler subproblems which are solved to produce the globally optimal solution.
downcallnoun(programming) A call from a higher-level subsystem, such as user code, to a lower-level subsystem, such as a kernel or framework.
late bindingnoun(programming) Dynamic binding.
event loopnoun(computing) programming construct that waits for and dispatches events or messages in a program
overloadingnoun(object-oriented programming) A type of polymorphism, where different functions, operators or variables with the same name are invoked based on the data types of the parameters passed.
dispatch tablenoun(programming) A table of pointers to functions or methods, commonly used to implement dynamic binding.

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