Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The quality of being functional.
- noun A useful function within a computer application or program.
- noun The capacity of a computer program or application to provide a useful function.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state of having or being a function.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
ability to perform atask orfunction ; that set of functions that something is able or equipped to perform. - noun US, law In United States
trademark law, the tendency of a product design to serve a function other than identification of the product, preventing that design from being protected as a trademark. - noun organic chemistry The presence of a
functional group
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun capable of serving a purpose well
Etymologies
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Examples
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The Garmin functionality is cool, but I didn't like the actual watch - I've gone for a Suunto T1c, and am enjoying it enough to wear as a regular watch fairly often.
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Right now our main functionality is centered around the News Popularity Index and managing channels by reputation.
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Let's now remove the label functionality, and build a separate decorator for that.
Planet PHP 2009
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This functionality is already built into most video drivers, at least into NVIDIA's, ATI's, and Intel's. dark42 koenjicalling
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From your description, this functionality is already builtin to Akismet.
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Although I can't seem to see the RSS feeds, other functionality is there, like categorized wiki browsing and This Day in History (on the main page).
Scifipedia 2006
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Although I can't seem to see the RSS feeds, other functionality is there, like categorized wiki browsing and This Day in History (on the main page).
April 2006 2006
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I would expect this kind of functionality from a large university library!
Archive 2008-03-01 2008
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I would expect this kind of functionality from a large university library!
Creating, Managing & Pres. Dig. Assets: Africa Focus: Sights and Sounds of a Continent 2008
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The fact that their home is on the web, and their data accessed through web APIs and transport layers, just ignores the fact that middle-tier consumer devices are expanding in functionality, and rather than throwing users to the web and saying “here, figure it out” or making their own proprietary locked-in service.
bilby commented on the word functionality
"Our scientists are not only looking at how they can feed Australians but also ensure there is global food security which brings stability to nations, but it's also about how we can improve the functionality of foods which will provide good health outcomes."
- Tim Mulherin, quoted in Forum focuses on international food security, abc.net.au, 10 August 2009.
August 10, 2009