With the continuing expansion of the function meaning, a number of new features emerge on the functional organization: from static, single and identified to a dynamic, pluralistic and uncertained.

随着功能涵义的不断拓展，功能组织方式出现了一些新的特征：由静态的、单一的和确定的转变为动态的、多元的和不确定的。

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This is an iterative function, meaning that if you call it again, you'll get the next result in the set (and so on, until there are no results in the result set, in which case, it will return false).

这是一个迭代函数，这意味着如果您再次调用它，会得到结果集中的下一个结果(依此类推，直到结果集中没有结果，如果没有结果，则返回false)。

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Is an inline function, meaning the compiled code makes the conversion, often without generating a function call.

是一个“内联函数”，这意味著转换是由已编译的代码执行的，通常不会生成函数调用。

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But we are going to be spending a fair amount of time talking actually about the meaning and the function of Israel's purity laws and cultic laws in a later lecture.

但是接下来我们将花相当一部分的时间,讨论以色列纯度法律和祭仪法律的,意义和作用。

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So as a function and not as a subjective consciousness to which we appeal to grasp a meaning, the author still does exist.

所以作为一种功能，而非一种我们需要领会的主观意识,作者仍是存在的。

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The answer is I can't. OK, in the simple case of integers I can, but in the case of something more complex like faces or fingerprints or passwords for that matter, it's hard to design a hash function that has completely even distribution, meaning that it takes any input into exactly one output spot.

答案是我不能，好吧,在简单的整数的例子中,我可以做到，但是在一些更复杂的场景中,比如面部，指纹，密码相关的问题中，很难设计一个哈希函数具备完全平均的分配,也就是说，做到对任一输入，可以准确地得到相应的唯一输出,因此在一个哈希问题中。

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It derives that meaning from its function as the foundation of the family.

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However, the team found that eventually both methods of memory retrieval were as effective in the tasks, meaning that while sleep deprivation affects brain function it does not affect overt behaviour, as previously thought.

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To that end, Intel's newest set of Core Processors, which Regis says are ranked "good, better and best" in terms of affordability and function, are all built to maximize power, meaning that a battery can last a full school day.

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