plural of built-in function

simple past tense and past participle of build up

Alternative form of built-up

unsubstantial or imaginary.

(computer science) A data type provided by a programming language as a basic building block, such as integer, character or Boolean, but in some languages also list, hash table or first class function.

(nautical) (of a wooden vessel) Having the planks of the hull laid flush and caulked to make a smooth finish.

Built cheaply and shoddily.

Made of a composite material. / (nautical, of a ship) Having wooden planks on a metal frame.

(nautical) Of a boat or ship: having the hull constructed using planks or plates laid so that each plank overlaps the edge of the plank or plate below it, and in the case of plates, behind it; the planks were traditionally secured by nails which had been clenched (or clinched), that is, after being hammered through the planks the points of the nails were bent to make them unremovable.

(computing) Any function that is provided as part of a high-level language and can be executed by a simple reference with specification of arguments