A set of basic functions used as building blocks for more complicated functions. The list of parent functions varies. A typical set of functions is listed below.
Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: Recency(noun) the state or quality of being recent; newness; new state; late origin; lateness in time; freshness; as, the recency of a transaction, of a wound, etc.
Contingency (noun) the quality or state of being contingent or casual; the possibility of coming to pass. Contingency (noun) an event which may or may not occur; that which is possible or probable; a fortuitous event; a chance. Contingency (noun) an adjunct or accessory. Contingency (noun)