Noun (thing)
    
  
    Function  
          
      
          
      
      
   
  
                  
                            
              
  
                  
                            
              
  
    
        a named sequence of procedural code statements that perform a certain task        
          
      
          
      
      
    
  
      The CS student spent all night working on a function to compute the average rainfall in Alaska.