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  1. In computing, technique whereby a function or
  2. procedure calls itself, enabling a complex
  3. problem to be broken down into simpler steps.
  4. For example, a function which returns the
  5. factorial of a number, n, would obtain its
  6. result by multiplying n by the factorial of n
  7. - 1.
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