Word: recursion
The act of recurring.
The act of defining an object (usually a function) in terms of that object itself. Example: n! = n × (n − 1)! (for n > 0) or 1 (for n = 0) defines the factorial function using recursion.
The invocation of a procedure from within itself. Example: This function uses recursion to compute factorials.
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