During the course of processing some data, and in response to a directive in that data, to fetch data from a different source and process it in-line along with the original data
In Perl, variable interpolation happens in double-quoted strings and patterns, and list interpolation occurs when constructing the list of values to pass to a list operator or other such construct that takes a LIST.
{f} insert something new, add something between parts; intercalate; alter a text (especially in an unauthorized manner); add an intermediate term (Mathematics)
A method for estimating data points that fall between points of actual measurement For example, if the data for 1992 and 1994 are 5 and 10 respectively, one could interpolate from that data that the value was 7 5 (at the midpoint) in 1993
To interpolate is to insert values in between This is frequently used in the context of estimating intermediate values of an unknown function where discrete values are known
(4 syl ) For two or more persons to polish up something between them Metaphorically, to insert spurious matter in a book or document; to gag (Latin, inter polio, to polish )
To alter or corrupt by the insertion of new or foreign matter; especially, to change, as a book or text, by the insertion of matter that is new, or foreign to the purpose of the author
To fill up intermediate terms of, as of a series, according to the law of the series; to introduce, as a number or quantity, in a partial series, according to the law of that part of the series
If you interpolate a comment into a conversation or some words into a piece of writing, you put it in as an addition. Williams interpolated much spurious matter These odd assertions were interpolated into the manuscript some time after 1400. = insert