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<div class="side-box-text plainlist">Look up <i><b><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/function" class="extiw external" title="wiktionary:function">function</a></b></i> or <i><b><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/functionality" class="extiw external" title="wiktionary:functionality">functionality</a></b></i> in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.</div></div>
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<p><b>Function</b> or <b>functionality</b> may refer to:
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Computing">Computing</h2></div>
<ul><li><a href="Function_key" title="Function key">Function key</a>, a type of key on computer keyboards</li>
<li><a href="Function_model" title="Function model">Function model</a>, a structured representation of processes in a system</li>
<li><a href="Function_object" title="Function object">Function object</a> or functor or functionoid, a concept of object-oriented programming</li>
<li><a href="Function_(computer_programming)" title="Function (computer programming)">Function (computer programming)</a>, a callable sequence of instructions</li>
<li><a href="Boolean_function" title="Boolean function">Boolean function</a>, used in hardware design</li></ul>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Music">Music</h2></div>
<ul><li><a href="Function_(music)" title="Function (music)">Function (music)</a>, a relationship of a chord to a tonal centre</li>
<li><a href="Function_(musician)" title="Function (musician)">Function (musician)</a> (born 1973), David Charles Sumner, American techno DJ and producer</li>
<li><a href="Function_(song)" title="Function (song)">"Function" (song)</a>, a 2012 song by American rapper E-40 featuring YG, Iamsu! & Problem</li>
<li>"Function", song by Dana Kletter from <i><a href="Boneyard_Beach_(album)" title="Boneyard Beach (album)">Boneyard Beach</a></i> 1995</li></ul>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Other_uses">Other uses</h2></div>
<ul><li><a href="Function_(biology)" title="Function (biology)">Function (biology)</a>, the effect of an activity or process</li>
<li><a href="Function_(engineering)" title="Function (engineering)">Function (engineering)</a>, a specific action that a system can perform</li>
<li><a href="Function_(language)" class="mw-redirect" title="Function (language)">Function (language)</a>, a way of achieving an aim using language</li>
<li><a href="Function_(mathematics)" title="Function (mathematics)">Function (mathematics)</a>, a relation that associates an input to a single output</li>
<li><a href="Function_(sociology)" class="mw-redirect" title="Function (sociology)">Function (sociology)</a>, an activity's role in society</li>
<li><a href="Functionality_(chemistry)" title="Functionality (chemistry)">Functionality (chemistry)</a>, the presence of functional groups in a molecule</li>
<li><a href="Party" title="Party">Party</a> or function, a social event</li>
<li><a href="Function_Drinks" title="Function Drinks">Function Drinks</a>, an American beverage company</li></ul>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2></div>
<ul><li><a href="Function_field_(disambiguation)" class="mw-redirect mw-disambig" title="Function field (disambiguation)">Function field (disambiguation)</a></li>
<li><a href="Function_hall" class="mw-redirect" title="Function hall">Function hall</a></li>
<li><a href="Functional_(disambiguation)" class="mw-redirect mw-disambig" title="Functional (disambiguation)">Functional (disambiguation)</a></li>
<li><a href="Functional_group_(disambiguation)" class="mw-disambig" title="Functional group (disambiguation)">Functional group (disambiguation)</a></li>
<li><a href="Functionalism_(disambiguation)" class="mw-redirect mw-disambig" title="Functionalism (disambiguation)">Functionalism (disambiguation)</a></li>
<li><a href="Functor_(disambiguation)" class="mw-disambig" title="Functor (disambiguation)">Functor (disambiguation)</a></li></ul>
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