A 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
That act or state of continuing; the state of being continued; uninterrupted extension or succession; prolongation; propagation
That which extends, increases, supplements, or carries on; as, the continuation of a story
A followup mailing on a successful test usually 4-10 times larger than the original quantity See Rollout
In design, arranging shapes so that the line or edge of one shape leads into another (technique for creating unity)
Applicable mainly in the US, continuations are second or subsequent applications which are subsequently filed while the original parent application is pending Continuations must claim the same invention as the original application to gain the benefit of the parent filing date (see also Continuing Applications)
A concept invented along with the subroutine, but unnamed then The continuation is the system's record of what to do after the code in the subroutine has finished The continuation is explicitly accessible in Scheme and introduced here in the language definition If the routine is to produce a value then the continuation is waiting for that value to proceed The resume key in Keykos provides access to a continuation
in the U S , a later application, filed after an earlier patent application for the same invention has been disallowed, requesting that the application be reconsidered The filing date of the earlier patent application is used for determination of prior art
The short note at the bottom of an article fragment explaining where the rest of the article is continued An example might be "Article continued on page B4 " If you use Word's cross reference feature, Word keeps track of the location of the rest of the story in case it is moved to another location Sometimes, the continuation is simply an arrow showing to turn the page over or to look on the next page
Allows employees to continue their group health coverage under certain conditions (See COBRA )
A continuation is a virtual function that represents the rest of the computation of the program By virtual I mean that it is behaves like a function that can be called from SML but underneath it just represents a transfer of control to other parts of the program
a Gestalt principle of organization holding that there is an innate tendence to perceive a line as continuing its established direction