functionality
Britishnoun
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the quality of being functional
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computing a function or range of functions in a computer, program, package, etc
Example Sentences
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We’d play at a dive bar or play at a wedding, but my childhood friendships were linked to to the functionality of music in my life.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026
OpenAI also appears to be winding down ChatGPT’s video functionality and taking all its animation APIs offline.
From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026
In addition to the consumer app, OpenAI is also discontinuing a version of Sora for developers and won’t support video functionality inside ChatGPT, either.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026
"It's a way of imparting in things a functionality or response to other things to which it would otherwise not respond," Wilson explained.
From Science Daily • Mar. 16, 2026
He volunteered to be one of six people in the country to go under the knife for experimental brain surgery that would possibly provide him with a few more years of functionality.
From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz
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