function vs mapping what difference

what is difference between function and mapping

English

Etymology

From Middle French function, from Old French fonction, from Latin functiō (“performance, execution”), from functus, perfect participle of fungor (“to perform, execute, discharge”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈfʌŋ(k)ʃən/, /ˈfʌŋkʃn̩/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈfʌŋkʃən/, [ˈfʌŋkʃɪ̈n], [ˈfʌŋkʃn̩]
• Hyphenation: func‧tion
• Rhymes: -ʌŋkʃən

Noun

function (plural functions)

1. What something does or is used for.

   Synonyms: aim, intention, purpose, role, use

2. A professional or official position.

   Synonyms: occupation, office, part, role

4. An official or social occasion.

   Synonyms: affair, occasion, social occasion, social function

5. Something which is dependent on or stems from another thing; a result or concomitant.
6. A relation where one thing is dependent on another for its existence, value, or significance.
7. (mathematics) A relation in which each element of the domain is associated with exactly one element of the codomain.

   Synonyms: map, mapping, mathematical function, operator, transformation

   Hypernym: relation

8. (computing) A routine that receives zero or more arguments and may return a result.

   Synonyms: procedure, routine, subprogram, subroutine, func, funct

9. (biology) The physiological activity of an organ or body part.
10. (chemistry) The characteristic behavior of a chemical compound.
11. (anthropology) The role of a social practice in the continued existence of the group.

Hyponyms

• subfunction

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

References

• function on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Verb

function (third-person singular simple present functions, present participle functioning, simple past and past participle functioned)

1. (intransitive) To have a function.

   Synonyms: officiate, serve

2. (intransitive) To carry out a function; to be in action.

   Synonyms: go, operate, run, work

   Antonym: malfunction

Related terms

• functional
• dysfunction, dysfunctional

Translations

Middle French

Noun

function f (plural functions)

1. function (what something’s intended use is)

Descendants

• → English: function
• French: fonction

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmæpɪŋ/
• Hyphenation: map‧ping

Noun

mapping (countable and uncountable, plural mappings)

1. The process of making maps.
2. (biology) The process of locating genes on a chromosome.
3. (computing) Assigning a PC to a shared drive or printer port on a network.
4. (mathematics) A function that maps every element of a given mathematical structure (eg: a set) to a unique element of another structure; a correspondence.
5. (object-oriented programming) conversion of data types between incompatible type systems.

Hyponyms

• (computing): object-relational mapping

Translations

Verb

mapping

1. present participle of map

References

• mapping on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Spanish

Noun

mapping m (plural mappings)

1. mapping

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