"single dispatch" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: single dispatches [plural]
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  1. (computing) A dispatch method where the implementation of a function or method is chosen solely on the type of the instance calling the method. Wikipedia link: single dispatch Categories (topical): Computing Hypernyms: dynamic dispatch

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