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Functional programming is a paradigm which attempts to solve computational problems by the chained evaluation of functions whose output is determined by their inputs rather than the programme state. In this style of programming, side effects and mutable data are deprecated and usually strictly isolated.

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What do you call a function where the same input will always return the same output, but als...

Functions that are intended to cause side-effects are often called effectful. Example https://slpopejoy.github.io/posts/Effectful01.html
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