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Writing functional programs key terms

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Writing functional programs

AqaA LevelComputer ScienceFundamentals of functional programming

Key terms

  • Higher-order function

    A function that takes another function as an argument, returns a function as a result, or does both.

  • Functional programming

    A programming approach in which functions are central to constructing programs; in this topic, programs use operations such as map, filter and reduce or fold.