Functional may refer to:
* Movements in architecture:
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Functionalism (architecture)
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Form follows function
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Functional group, combination of atoms within molecules
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Functional symptom
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Functional disorder
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Functional classification for roads
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Functional organization
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Functional training
In mathematics
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Functional (mathematics), a term applied to certain scalar-valued functions in mathematics and computer science
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Functional analysis
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Linear functional, a type of functional often simply called a functional in the context of functional analysis
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Higher-order function
In mathematics and computer science, a higher-order function (HOF) is a function that does at least one of the following:
* takes one or more functions as arguments (i.e. a procedural parameter, which is a parameter of a procedure that is itself ...
, also called a functional, a function that takes other functions as arguments
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(C++), a header file in the C++ Standard Library
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Functional design, a paradigm used to simplify the design of hardware and software devices
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Functional model In systems engineering, software engineering, and computer science, a function model or functional model is a structured representation of the functions ( activities, actions, processes, operations) within the modeled system or subject area. , a structured representation of functions, activities or processes in systems and software engineering
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Functional programming
In computer science, functional programming is a programming paradigm where programs are constructed by applying and composing functions. It is a declarative programming paradigm in which function definitions are trees of expressions that ...
, a programming paradigm based on mathematical functions rather than changes in variable states
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ontology (information science)
In computer science and information science, an ontology encompasses a representation, formal naming, and definition of the categories, properties, and relations between the concepts, data, and entities that substantiate one, many, or all domai ...
, "functional" is a property or relation that can only hold a single value for a given individual
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Function (disambiguation)
Function or functionality may refer to:
Computing
* Function key, a type of key on computer keyboards
* Function model, a structured representation of processes in a system
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Functionalism (disambiguation)
Functionalism may refer to:
* Functionalism (architecture), the principle that architects should design a building based on the purpose of that building
* Functionalism in international relations, a theory that arose during the inter-War period
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Functional group (disambiguation) The term functional group may have several meanings:
*Functional group, in organic chemistry, a group of atoms responsible for the characteristic chemical reactions of a molecule
* Functional group (ecology), a collection of organisms
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Functional grammar (disambiguation) Functional grammar may refer to:
* Functional linguistics, a range of functionally based approaches to linguistics
* Functional discourse grammar, grammar models developed by Simon C. Dik that explain how utterances are shaped based on the goals ...
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