call-with-current-continuation

noun

A programming language operation that captures the current state of execution (the continuation) and provides it as a function that can be invoked to return to or replace that state of execution at any later time.

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Meanings

nouncall-with-current-continuation (countable and uncountable, plural call-with-current-continuations or calls-with-current-continuation)

plural call-with-current-continuations · plural calls-with-current-continuation

  1. countableuncountablecomputingA programming language operation that captures the current state of execution (the continuation) and provides it as a function that can be invoked to return to or replace that state of execution at any later time.
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APA

call-with-current-continuation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/call-with-current-continuation

MLA

“call-with-current-continuation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/call-with-current-continuation. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “call-with-current-continuation,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/call-with-current-continuation.

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