IIFE

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IIFE (plural IIFEs)

  1. (programming) Initialism of immediately-invoked function expression.
    • 2010 November 15, Ben Alman, “Immediately-Invoked Function Expression (IIFE)”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name):
      You’ve already seen it mentioned a few times, but in case it wasn’t clear, I’m proposing the term “Immediately-Invoked Function Expression”, and “IIFE” if you like acronyms. The pronunciation “iffy” was suggested to me, and I like it, so let’s go with that. What is an Immediately-Invoked Function Expression? It’s a function expression that gets invoked immediately. Just like the name would lead you to believe.

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