"function overloading" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: function overloadings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} function overloading (usually uncountable, plural function overloadings)
  1. (object-oriented programming) A feature that allows creating several functions or methods with the same name differing in the type of the input and the output parameters. Wikipedia link: function overloading Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Object-oriented programming Synonyms: method overloading, multiple dispatch, multidispatch Translations (Translations): υπερφόρτωση συνάρτησης (yperfórtosi synártisis) [feminine] (Greek)
    Sense id: en-function_overloading-en-noun-pEkuSWzb Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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