higher-order function

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higher-order function (plural higher-order functions)

  1. (computer science) A function that takes one or more functions as an input, and returns a function as a result.
    Synonym: HOF
    • 2005, Mark Jason Dominus, Higher-Order Perl: Transforming Programs with Programs, Elsevier, →ISBN, page 325:
      A higher-order function is a function that operates on other functions instead of on data values. Some of these take data arguments and manufacture functions to order; others, like the imap() function of Chapter 4, transform one function into another one.

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