"dispatch table" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: dispatch tables [plural]
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  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

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