what does function call mean?

FUNCTION CALL as NOUN

Meaning
- a call that passes control to a subroutine
- after the subroutine is executed control returns to the next instruction in main program
Hypernyms(s) function call is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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