continuation

plural continuations

1. countableuncountableThe act or state of continuing or being continued; uninterrupted extension or succession

   There is no reason for the continuation of this discrepancy in maximum penalties since the relevant factor here is assault, not the sex of the person assaulted.

   1971, “Demand”, in Body Politic, number 1, page 4

   Synonyms: prolongation, propagation · Antonyms: discontinuation, termination

2. countableuncountableThat which extends, increases, supplements, or carries on.

   the continuation of a story

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   The series' continuation was commercially if not artistically successful.

3. countablecomputingA representation of an execution state of a program at a certain point in time, which may be used at a later time to resume the execution of the program from that point.

   Whenever a Scheme expression is evaluated a continuation exists that wants the result of the expression.

   1986, “MIT/GNU Scheme 10.1.11”, in The GNU Operating System

4. countableball gamesA successful shot that, despite a foul, is made with a single continuous motion beginning before the foul, and that is therefore valid in certain forms of basketball.