Functional may refer to:
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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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Minnesota functionals
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Functional analysis
Functional analysis is a branch of mathematical analysis, the core of which is formed by the study of vector spaces endowed with some kind of limit-related structure (for example, Inner product space#Definition, inner product, Norm (mathematics ...
, a branch of mathematical 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, also called a functional, a function that takes other functions as arguments
In computer science, software engineering
* "Functional" (noun) may be used as a synonym for
Higher-order function
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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, 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 Function application, applying and Function composition (computer science), composing Function (computer science), functions. It is a declarat ...
, a programming paradigm based on mathematical functions rather than changes in variable states
* In an
ontology (information science)
In information science, an ontology encompasses a representation, formal naming, and definitions of the categories, properties, and relations between the concepts, data, or entities that pertain to one, many, or all domains of discourse. More ...
, "functional" is a property or relation that can only hold a single value for a given individual
See also
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Function (disambiguation)
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Functionalism (disambiguation)
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Functional group (disambiguation)
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Functional grammar (disambiguation)
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