Meanings
nouncallee (plural callees)
plural callees
- computingA function called by another.
The interpreter must provide for correctly resuming the caller when the callee has returned its value.
1975, Gerald Jay Sussman and Guy L. Steele, Jr., Scheme: An Interpreter for Extended Lambda Calculus, MIT AI Lab, page 24
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*gels-
- Proto-Indo-European*golsos
- Proto-Germanic*kalzaz
- Proto-Germanic*kalzōną
- Proto-West Germanic*kalʀōn
- Old Englishceallian
- Old English*callian
- Middle Englishcallen
- Englishcall
- Englishcallee
Translations
Bulgarian абонат
- абонат (abonat)the person who is getting called by the caller
Czech volaný
- volanýthe person who is getting called by the caller
Finnish soitettava
- soitettavathe person who is getting called by the caller
French appelé
- appeléthe person who is getting called by the caller
Hungarian hívott fél
- hívott félthe person who is getting called by the caller
Italian chiamato
- chiamatothe person who is getting called by the caller
Russian вызыва́емый абоне́нт
- вызыва́емый абоне́нт (vyzyvájemyj)the person who is getting called by the caller
Spanish llamado, llamada
- llamadothe person who is getting called by the caller
- llamadathe person who is getting called by the caller
Cite this entry
APA
callee. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/callee
MLA
“callee.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/callee. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “callee,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/callee.
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