higher-order function
noun1
Computer, Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Science, Sciences A function that takes one or more functions as an input, and returns a function as a result.
- A higher-order function is a function that operates on other functions instead of on data values. Some of these take data arguments and manufacture functions to order; others, like the imap() function of Chapter 4, transform one function into another one.2005, Mark Jason Dominus, Higher-Order Perl: Transforming Programs with Programs, Elsevier, →ISBN, page 325: