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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) : [ foldoc ]


  higher-order function
       
          (HOF) A function that can take one or more functions as
          argument and/or return a function as its value.  E.g. map in
          (map f l) which returns the list of results of applying
          function f to each of the elements of list l.  See also
          curried function.

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  higher-order function
     n.
     (lb en computer science) A function that takes one or more functions
  as an input, and returns a function as a result.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  higher-order function
     n.
     (lb en computer science) A function that takes one or more functions
  as an input, and returns a function as a result.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  higher-order function
     n.
     (lb en computer science) A function that takes one or more functions
  as an input, and returns a function as a result.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  higher-order function
     n.
     (lb en computer science) A function that takes one or more functions
  as an input, and returns a function as a result.

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