delegate vs permanent

delegate

verb
  • (of a subdomain) to give away authority over a subdomain; to allow someone else to create sub-subdomains of a subdomain of one's own 

  • to authorize someone to be a delegate 

  • to commit a task to someone, especially a subordinate 

noun
  • A representative at a conference, etc. 

  • A type of variable storing a reference to a method with a particular signature, analogous to a function pointer. 

  • An appointed representative in some legislative bodies. 

  • A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy. 

permanent

adj
  • Without end, eternal. 

  • Lasting for an indefinitely long time. 

noun
  • A card whose effects persist beyond the turn on which it is played. 

  • A chemical hair treatment imparting or removing curliness, whose effects typically last for a period of weeks; a perm. 

  • Given an n⨯n matrix a_ij,, the sum over all permutations 𝜋, of ∏ᵢ₌₁ⁿa_i𝜋(i). 

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