| 1. | Music. forte-piano. |
| 2. | Sports. forward pass. |
| 1. | fireplug. |
| 2. | foolscap. |
| 3. | foot-pound; foot-pounds. |
| 4. | Music. forte-piano. |
| 5. | freezing point. |
| 6. | fully paid. |
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| freez·ing point (frē'zĭng) n. Abbr. fp
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FP
1. functional programming.
2. floating-point.
3. Functional Programming. A combinator-based functional language by John Backus stressing the use of higher-order functions.
Implementation by Andy Valencia. (ftp://apple.com/comp.sources.Unix/volume13).
See also FFP, FL, IFP, Berkeley FP.
["Can Programming be Liberated From the von Neumann Style? A Functional Style and Its Algebra of Programs", John Backus, 1977 Turing Award Lecture, CACM 21(8):165-180 (Aug 1978)].
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(1995-03-12)
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