Specialisation - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Specialisation :  (noun)
1: (biology) the structural adaptation of some body part for a particular function; "cell differentiation in the developing embryo" [syn: specialization, differentiation]
2: the act of specializing; making something suitable for a special purpose [syn: specialization]
3: the special line of work you have adopted as your career; "his specialization is gastroenterology" [syn: specialization, specialty, speciality, specialism]

Based on WordNet 2.0

Specialisation : 

A reduction in generality, usually for the sake of increased efficiency. If a piece of code is specialised for certain values of certain variables (usually function arguments), this is known as "{partial evaluation". In a language with overloading (e.g. Haskell), an overloaded function might be specialised to a non-overloaded instance at compile-time if the types of its arguments are known.



Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)

Example Usage of Specialisation

Nargarinlok: Kisskiss has earned the Double spécialisation des talents achievement on Vol'jin. #wow
MartijnVeldkamp: RT @pauljansen: Creativity requires that you distance yourself from your expertise or Specialisation. << Common pitfall, for me as well.
sherlyn275: @scullyrachel yeah, that's why im like...haiz...shd i have Specialisation... another prob is....next sems, not many lvl 3 mgmt mods offered
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