FP

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)
FP

   1. {functional programming}.

   2. {floating-point}.

   3. Functional Programming.  A {combinator}-based {functional
   language} by John Backus stressing the use of {higher-order
   functions}.

   Implementation by Andy Valencia.
   (ftp://apple.com/comp.sources.Unix/volume13).

   See also {FFP}, {FL}, {IFP}, {Berkeley FP}.

   ["Can Programming be Liberated From the von Neumann Style?  A
   Functional Style and Its Algebra of Programs", John Backus,
   1977 Turing Award Lecture, CACM 21(8):165-180 (Aug 1978)].

   4. <programming> {Function Point}.

   (1995-03-12)