"dispatch table" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: dispatch tables [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} dispatch table (plural dispatch tables)
  1. (programming) A table of pointers to functions or methods, commonly used to implement dynamic binding. Wikipedia link: dispatch table Categories (topical): Programming Related terms: vtable
    Sense id: en-dispatch_table-en-noun-ZzRFb~O- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences

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