Meanings
plural coroutines · alternative co-routine
- computingA piece of code that performs a task, and that can be passed new input and return output more than once.
Although a powerful tool, coroutines can be hard to understand due to the way data can flow back and forth between sections of the code.
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The actual origin of the concept of symmetric unit control is difficult to determine. One of the earliest published applications of coroutines was in the area of syntax analysis (Conway, 1963).
2010, Robert W. Sebesta, Concepts of Programming Languages, Addison-Wesley Longman, page 440Python coroutines are the product of a series of enhancements to the humble generator functions we've seen so far in the book.
2015, Luciano Ramalho, Fluent Python: Clear, Concise, and Effective Programming, O'Reilly Media, →ISBN, page 479
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
- Proto-Italic*kom
- Proto-Italic*kom-
- Latincon-
- Latinco-
- Englishco-
- Frenchroutine
- Englishroutine
- Englishcoroutine
From co- + routine, coined by American computer scientist Melvin Conway in 1958.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Esperanto kunprogramo
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Finnish vuorottaisrutiini, vuoroittaisrutiini
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German Koroutine
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Persian همروال, همرو
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Polish współprogram
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Spanish corrutina
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Cite this entry
coroutine. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coroutine
“coroutine.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coroutine. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “coroutine,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coroutine.
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