Function (computer programming) (English Wikipedia)

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Mauchly, J.W. (1982). "Preparation of Problems for EDVAC-Type Machines". In Randell, Brian (ed.). The Origins of Digital Computers. Springer. pp. 393–397. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-61812-3_31. ISBN 978-3-642-61814-7.
Turing, Alan M. (1945), Report by Dr. A.M. Turing on proposals for the development of an Automatic Computing Engine (ACE): Submitted to the Executive Committee of the NPL in February 1946 reprinted in Copeland, B. J., ed. (2005). Alan Turing's Automatic Computing Engine. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 383. ISBN 0-19-856593-3.

arm.com (Global: 6,514^th place; English: 4,608^th place)

infocenter.arm.com

"ARM Information Center". Infocenter.arm.com. Retrieved 29 September 2013.

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The Operational Characteristics of the Processors for the Burroughs B5000 (PDF). Revision A. Burroughs Corporation. 1963. 5000-21005. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
"Push-Down Instructions" (PDF). Programmed Data Processor 6 - Handbook (PDF). p. 37. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
The UNIVAC Scientific General Purpose Computer System (Model 1103 A) - Preliminary Information (PDF). Remington Rand Engineering Research Associates Division. 1 December 1955. p. 1-10. Retrieved 8 October 2025.
"Control Operations" (PDF). 704 electronic data-processing machine - manual of operation (PDF). IBM. 1955. p. 25. 24-6661-2. Retrieved 8 October 2025.
"Automatic Storage of Contents of P Register (STP)" (PDF). RCA 501 Electronic Data processing System - Programmers' Reference Manual (PDF). RCA Electronic Data Processing Division. 1958. p. 18. P501-2. Retrieved 8 October 2025.
"History Registers" (PDF). Honeywell 800 Transistorized Data processing System - Programmers' Reference Manual (PDF). Honeywell. 1960. p. 55. DSI-31. Retrieved 8 October 2025.

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Frank, Thomas S. (1983). Introduction to the PDP-11 and Its Assembly Language. Prentice-Hall software series. Prentice-Hall. p. 195. ISBN 9780134917047. Retrieved 6 July 2016. We could supply our assembling clerk with copies of the source code for all of our useful subroutines and then when presenting him with a mainline program for assembly, tell him which subroutines will be called in the mainline [...]
Buttlar, Dick; Farrell, Jacqueline; Nichols, Bradford (1996). PThreads Programming: A POSIX Standard for Better Multiprocessing. O'Reilly Media, Inc. pp. 2–5. ISBN 978-1-4493-6475-5. OCLC 1036778036.
Verhoeff, Tom (2018). "A Master Class on Recursion". In Böckenhauer, Hans-Joachim; Komm, Dennis; Unger, Walter (eds.). Adventures Between Lower Bounds and Higher Altitudes: Essays Dedicated to Juraj Hromkovič on the Occasion of His 60th Birthday. Springer. p. 616. ISBN 978-3-319-98355-4. OCLC 1050567095.
Study Material Python. April 2023. p. 87. Retrieved 25 December 2023.

doi.org (Global: 2^nd place; English: 2^nd place)

Mauchly, J.W. (1982). "Preparation of Problems for EDVAC-Type Machines". In Randell, Brian (ed.). The Origins of Digital Computers. Springer. pp. 393–397. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-61812-3_31. ISBN 978-3-642-61814-7.
Wheeler, D. J. (1952). "The use of sub-routines in programmes" (PDF). Proceedings of the 1952 ACM national meeting (Pittsburgh) on - ACM '52. p. 235. doi:10.1145/609784.609816.
Carpenter, Brian Edward; Doran, Robert William (1 January 1977) [October 1975]. "The other Turing machine". The Computer Journal. 20 (3): 269–279. doi:10.1093/comjnl/20.3.269. (11 pages)

ed-thelen.org (Global: low place; English: 9,943^rd place)

Royal Precision Electronic Computer LGP - 30 Programming Manual. Port Chester, New York: Royal Precision. April 1957. Retrieved 19 November 2023.

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Dainith, John (2004). ""open subroutine." A Dictionary of Computing". Encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 14 January 2013.

fortune.com (Global: 647^th place; English: 421^st place)

Isaacson, Walter (18 September 2014). "Walter Isaacson on the Women of ENIAC". Fortune. Archived from the original on 12 December 2018. Retrieved 14 December 2018.

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"What is Abstraction in Programming? Explained for Beginners". freeCodeCamp.org. 21 December 2022. Retrieved 25 November 2025.

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Herman H. Goldstine; John von Neumann (1947). "Volume 3, 12.0 COMBINING ROUTINES" (PDF). Report on the Mathematical and Logical aspects of an Electronic Computing Instrument - Part II, Volume I-3, Planning and Coding of Problems for an Electronic Computing Instrument (PDF) (Technical report). Institute for Advanced Study.

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"Built-in functions". ibm.com. 9 March 2017. Retrieved 25 December 2023.

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Wheeler, D. J. (1952). "The use of sub-routines in programmes" (PDF). Proceedings of the 1952 ACM national meeting (Pittsburgh) on - ACM '52. p. 235. doi:10.1145/609784.609816.

microsoft.com (Global: 263^rd place; English: 259^th place)

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"x64 stack usage". Microsoft Learn. Microsoft. Function types. Retrieved 29 October 2025.
Microsoft Learn (22 February 2023). "constexpr (C++)". learn.microsoft.com. Microsoft Learn.
"Procedures in Visual Basic". Microsoft Learn. 15 September 2021. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
"Dim statement (Visual Basic)". Microsoft Learn. 15 September 2021. Retrieved 8 February 2024.

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"Small Basic Getting Started Guide: Chapter 9: Subroutines". Microsoft. 17 January 2024.

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Guy Lewis Steele Jr. AI Memo 443. 'Debunking the "Expensive Procedure Call" Myth; or, Procedure call implementations considered harmful". Section "C. Why Procedure Calls Have a Bad Reputation".

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"Terminology Glossary". nist.gov. NIST. Retrieved 9 February 2024. Callable unit: (Of a software program or logical design) Function, method, operation, subroutine, procedure, or analogous structural unit that appears within a module.

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Martin, Robert C. (1 August 2008). Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship (1 ed.). Pearson. ISBN 9780132350884. Retrieved 19 May 2024.

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docs.python.org

"4. More Control Flow Tools — Python 3.9.7 documentation".

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"Small Basic". Small Basic. Retrieved 8 February 2024.

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"what is meant by a free function".

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Isaacson, Walter (18 September 2014). "Walter Isaacson on the Women of ENIAC". Fortune. Archived from the original on 12 December 2018. Retrieved 14 December 2018.

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Buttlar, Dick; Farrell, Jacqueline; Nichols, Bradford (1996). PThreads Programming: A POSIX Standard for Better Multiprocessing. O'Reilly Media, Inc. pp. 2–5. ISBN 978-1-4493-6475-5. OCLC 1036778036.
Verhoeff, Tom (2018). "A Master Class on Recursion". In Böckenhauer, Hans-Joachim; Komm, Dennis; Unger, Walter (eds.). Adventures Between Lower Bounds and Higher Altitudes: Essays Dedicated to Juraj Hromkovič on the Occasion of His 60th Birthday. Springer. p. 616. ISBN 978-3-319-98355-4. OCLC 1050567095.

Function (computer programming) (English Wikipedia)

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