function-oriented coding
noun phraseUK /ˈfʌŋkʃən ˈɔːriəntɪd ˈkəʊdɪŋ/
US /ˈfʌŋkʃən ˈɔːriəntɪd ˈkoʊdɪŋ/
A way of writing computer programs where you build small helpers that each do one job.
By using function-oriented coding, she split the big game into tiny pieces like jumping and scoring.
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2. A style of coding that avoids changing shared data and instead returns new results.
Function-oriented coding kept the score list safe because each function made a fresh copy.
3. Organizing a program around reusable blocks that take inputs and give outputs.
The teacher praised his function-oriented coding because every block could be tested alone.
4. Writing code where each task is a separate named function instead of one long script.
Switching to function-oriented coding made the robot program much easier to fix.