Method
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method (from Greek methodos, met' hodos literally "way across"). The word entered English in 1541 via French and Latin.
- Descartes' 1619 Discourse on Method is a seminal work of the Age of Enlightenment, modern science and scientific method in general.
- In science in general, method is a codified series of steps taken to complete a certain task or to reach a certain objective , see also algorithm, methodology.
- In computer science in particular, a method is another name for an action, algorithm, function, or procedure; more specifically, in object-oriented programming, it is an implementation of code responding to certain messages.
- In Software Engineering in particular, a method is technical recipe for building software. Compare with a methodology.
- Method acting is a style of acting in which the actor attempts to replicate the conditions under which the character operates.
- method (musician, Godhead)
