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==Helper function==
A helper function is a function which groups parts of [[computation]] by assigning descriptive names and allowing for the reuse of the computations.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.cs.wpi.edu/~cs1101/a05/Docs/creating-helpers.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507033146/https://web.cs.wpi.edu/~cs1101/a05/Docs/creating-helpers.html|archive-date=7 May 2021|title=CS 1101: Helper functions|first=Kathi|last=Fisler|publisher=[[Worcester Polytechnic Institute]]|year=2005|access-date=17 November 2021|url-status=live}}</ref> Although not all wrappers are helper functions, all helper functions are wrappers, and a notable use of helper functions—grouping frequently utilized operations—is in [[Binary_translation#Dynamic_binary_translation|dynamic binary translation]], in which helper functions of a particular [[Computer architecture|architecture]] are used in translation of [[Machine code|instructions]] from one [[Instruction set architecture|instruction set]] into another.<ref>{{cite conference|title=Helper function inlining in dynamic binary translation|conference= CC: Compiler Construction|publisher=[[Association for Computing Machinery]]|first=Wenwen|last=Wang|doi=10.1145/3446804.3446851|page=107|url=https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3446804.3446851|___location=New York, United States|isbn=978-1-4503-8325-7|date=3 March 2021|url-access=subscription}}</ref>
==See also==
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