Sideeffect

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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  side-effect
       
          A language construct that modifies the state of the system.
          The most common side-effects are {assignment}, input and
          output.  A language without side-effects is
          {purely-functional} - execution consists of the evaluation of


          an expression and all subexpressions are {referentially
          transparent}.
       
          (1995-02-16)