Sentence examples for limited function from inspiring English sources

Gawande references a book by IBM engineer Frederick Brooks, The Mythical Man-Month, which sets forth a Darwinian theory of software evolution from a cool, easy-to-use program ("built by a few nerds for a few of their nerd friends" to perform a limited function), to a bigger program "product" that delivers more functionality to more people, to a "very uncool program system".

A limited function will change muscle activity and joint loading in the functional chain.

MSTS assessment indicated mild functional pain in the majority of the patients along with limited function, mainly due to the restricted motion of the hip joint.

The assessment included twenty-seven patients, who underwent arthroscopic capsular release due to persistent limitation of range of passive and active motion, shoulder pain, and limited function of upper limb despite 6-month conservative treatment.

The spoon alone ostensibly only serves a limited function: to scoop.

"The overall record of the ICTY reflects the significant but limited function that international justice can play in resolving longstanding political differences.

Papoulis (1977) provided an elegant solution for the case where is a band-limited function with finite energy and the sampling rate is equal to times cutoff frequency.

The [ Dp + Df] progeny allowed us to ask whether the Df deletes any gene with a nucleus-limited function.

According to data from the Nielsen Company, roughly 82 percent of cellphones in use are limited-function phones, the kind that typically sell for less than $50 or are given away with a two-year service contract.

Indications for surgery were advanced osteoarthritis, severe pain, and limited function/walking ability.

Instead, they seem to be driven by something far more emotional -- parental instinct -- a phenomenon first visible last year when an earlier, limited-edition (and limited-function) model went on sale.