In a computer program or library, a function, method, etc. which creates an object.
Adjective
Having come from the factory in the state it is currently in; original, stock.
Origin
From Latin factorium. Equivalent to factor + -y. Compare Middle French factorie; Italian fattoria, Spanish factorÃa, Portuguese feitoria, Dutch factorij.
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