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Meaning
Noun
●
In People:
A person
authorized
to
act
as
representative
for another; a deputy.
●
In People:
A
representative
at a
conference
, etc.
●
In American English & People:
An
appointed
representative
in some
legislative
bodies.
●
In Computing:
A type of
variable
storing
a
reference
to a method with a particular
signature
,
analogous
to a
function
pointer.
●
In People:
A
member
of a
governmental
legislature
who
lacks
voting
power.
Verb
●
To
commit
tasks
and
responsibilities
to others, especially subordinates.
●
In People:
To
commit
(a
task
or
responsibility
) to someone, especially a subordinate.
●
In Computing & Internet:
(of a
subdomain
) To
give away
authority
over a
subdomain
; to
allow
someone else
to create sub-subdomains of a
subdomain
of
one's
own.
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