The distinction between the two is subtle: " higher-order " describes a mathematical concept of functions that operate on other functions, while " first-class " is a computer science term that describes programming language entities that have no restriction on their use ( thus first-class functions can appear anywhere in the program that other first-class entities like numbers can, including as arguments to other functions and as their return values ).

Test cricket, although the highest standard of cricket, is itself a form of first-class cricket, although the term " first-class " is commonly used to refer to domestic competition only.

The Foundation Scholarships ( informally known as schol or schols ) are awarded to students who get a first-class honors grade in the Scholarship examinations held annually before the beginning of Hilary term ( from 2010, previously at the end of the term ).

at Edinburgh in 1875 with first-class honors in classics, Ritchie gained a classical exhibition at Balliol College, Oxford, and won a first-class both in classical moderations ( Michaelmas 1875 ) and in the final classical school ( Trinity term, 1878 ).

The term continuations can also be used to refer to first-class continuations, which are constructs that give a programming language the ability to save the execution state at any point and return to that point at a later point in the program.

The term was coined by Christopher Strachey in the context of “ functions as first-class citizens ” in the mid-1960s.

The term leg theory is somewhat archaic and seldom used any more, but the basic tactic still plays a part in modern cricket.

* " On strike ", term used in cricket

Although the work ethic was of prime importance in his development, Grace insisted that cricket must also be enjoyable and freely admitted that his family all played in a way that was " noisy and boisterous " with much " chaff " ( i. e., a Victorian term for teasing ).

* Edge ( cricket ), a term used in cricket

A Wide Ball is the term used to describe an illegal delivery in cricket, which is illegal due to it being " wide of the striker where he is standing and would also have passed wide of him standing in a normal guard position.

* Bunny, a term used to describe a very inept cricket batsman

Some activities are only available at certain points in the year such as cricket in the summer term.

** West Indies cricket team, a term used in cricket statistics

* Nelson ( cricket ), a term in the sport of cricket

* Long, a fielding term in cricket

In Australia and New Zealand, the term is also applied to a person who prepares a sports ground for use ( especially a cricket ground ) This job is equivalent to that of groundsman in some other cricketing nations.

Official and long-established cricket publications prefer the traditional word " cricketer " over the rarely used term " cricket player ".

The term was first used in 1858 in cricket to describe HH Stephenson's feat of taking three wickets in three balls.

Four wickets in four balls is referred to in cricket literature and record books as four in four but the term double hat-trick has also been used in the media, as it will contain two different, overlapping sets of three consecutively dismissed batsmen.

: Catcher is also a general term for a fielder who catches the ball in cricket.

In cricket, the term innings is both singular and plural and is always spelled and pronounced with the terminal " s ".

In cricket, the term innings is also used to refer to the play of one particular player ( Smith had a poor innings, scoring only 12 ).

It became the sole `` subject '' of `` international law '' ( a term which, it is pertinent to remember, was coined by Bentham ), a body of legal principle which by and large was made up of what Western nations could do in the world arena.

'' The other important difference between the two Constitutions was that the President of the Confederacy held office for six ( instead of four ) years, and was limited to one term.

Bang-Jensen said you told correspondents that you had checked in advance to make sure the term ' aberrant conduct ' was not libelous.

His parents talked seriously and lengthily to their own doctor and to a specialist at the University Hospital -- Mr. McKinley was entitled to a discount for members of his family -- and it was decided it would be best for him to take the remainder of the term off, spend a lot of time in bed and, for the rest, do pretty much as he chose -- provided, of course, he chose to do nothing too exciting or too debilitating.

His teacher and his school principal were conferred with and everyone agreed that, if he kept up with a certain amount of work at home, there was little danger of his losing a term.

The term enquetes demographiques, previously used for the supplementary investigations carried out in connection with the administrative censuses, was used for the new investigations.

This term was also used by the cowboy in the sense of a human showin' fight, as one cowhand was heard to say, `` He arches his back like a mule in a hailstorm ''.

the first use of the word `` rustler '' was as a synonym for `` hustler '', becomin' an established term for any person who was active, pushin', and bustlin' in any enterprise.

Engages must be loyal to the concessionaires, and must serve until the term provided in the engagement was ended.

The September-October term jury had been charged by Fulton Superior Court Judge Durwood Pye to investigate reports of possible `` irregularities '' in the hard-fought primary which was won by Mayor-nominate Ivan Allen Jr..

When the crowd was asked whether it wanted to wait one more term to make the race, it voted no -- and there were no dissents.

Petitions asking for a jail term for Norristown attorney Julian W. Barnard will be presented to the Montgomery County Court Friday, it was disclosed Tuesday by Horace A. Davenport, counsel for the widow of the man killed last Nov. 1 by Barnard's hit-run car.

Friday afternoon the Rev. T. F. Zimmerman was reelected for his second consecutive two-year term as general superintendent of Assemblies of God.

Commenting on the earlier stage, the Notre Dame Chapter of the American Association of University Professors ( in a recent report on the question of faculty participation in administrative decision-making ) noted that the term `` teacher-employee '' ( as opposed to, e.g., `` maintenance employee '' ) was a not inapt description.

The Unitarian clergy were an exclusive club of cultivated gentlemen -- as the term was then understood in the Back Bay -- and Parker was definitely not a gentleman, either in theology or in manners.

or `` Carmine Theater, 1912 '', the only canvas with an ash can ( and foraging dog ), although Sloan was a member of the famous `` Eight '', and of the so-called `` Ash-Can School '', a term he resented.

The term was introduced into optics by Johann Heinrich Lambert in his 1760 work Photometria.

In 1846, Lincoln was elected to the U. S. House of Representatives, where he served one two-year term.

Realizing Clay was unlikely to win the presidency, Lincoln, who had pledged in 1846 to serve only one term in the House, supported General Zachary Taylor for the Whig nomination in the 1848 presidential election.