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Partial application

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curryingverb(computing) The technique of converting a function that takes multiple arguments into a sequence of functions that each take a single argument.
subapplicationnoun(computing) An application making up part of a larger application.
defunctionalizationnoun(computing, programming) A compile-time transformation which eliminates higher-order functions, replacing them by a single first-order apply function.
partial evaluationnoun(computing theory) A technique for program optimization by specialization, so as to produce new programs which run faster than the originals while guaranteed to behave in the same way.
subcomputationnounA computation making up part of a larger computation.
suboperationnoun(computing) An operation making up part of a larger operation.
gadgetnounAny device or machine, especially one whose name cannot be recalled, often either clever or complicated.
in-line expansionnoun(software compilation) The replacement by a compiler of a function call with a copy of the entire function body, sometimes used as an optimization.
applications programnounAlternative form of application program. [(computing) A computer program written to solve a particular problem or to be used in a particular user-defined application.]
subwritenoun(computing) A partial write operation making up part of a larger one.
subalgorithmnoun(programming) An algorithm that forms a part of a larger algorithm.
programming in the largenoun(software engineering) Designing a complex software system as a composition of smaller parts.
subprogramnoun(computing) A program contained within a larger program
divide and conquernoun(computer science) An algorithm design technique that solves a problem by splitting it recursively into smaller problems until all of the remaining problems are trivial.
application programmenoun(British spelling) Alternative form of application program. [(computing) A computer program written to solve a particular problem or to be used in a particular user-defined application.]
refactoringnoun(programming) An act or process in which code is refactored.
refactornoun(programming) The process by which source code is refactored.
subprogrammernounA secondary or subsidiary programmer.
compartmentalizationnounDivision into compartments or parts.
applications softwarenounAlternative form of application software. [(computing) A set of computer programs that work together to solve a particular problem or to be used for a particular user-defined application.]

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