Meanings
plural walkbacks
- computingA stack trace.
AdaRAID supports multiple CPUs running concurrently, Ada data types, features include break points, watchpoints, timing, tracing, stepping, walkbacks, and histories of last n executions.
1990, NASA Tech Briefs, page 981 more example
Walkbacks, inspectors, and debuggers are the heart of Smalltalk's debugging facilities. Walkbacks are displayed when Smalltalk detects an error or a breakpoint. The debugger offers many tools for detecting and correcting code errors.
1992, UNIX Review, volume 10, page 42
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
Deverbal from walk back.
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