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
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
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
The process whereby a market proceeds in the direction of the current trend after a period of consolidation A continuation may be distinguished from a reversal A geometric pattern may indicate either a continuation of a trend or the reversal of the trend
Oregon state insurance law requires that group medical policies allow individuals and their dependents, whose coverage would ordinarily end under their group plan, to continue coverage for up to six months in certain situations This is called Continuation Coverage and applies to employers who have less than 20 employees
The continuation of something is the fact that it continues, rather than stopping. It's the coalition forces who are to blame for the continuation of the war
Something that is a continuation of something else is closely connected with it or forms part of it. It would just be a continuation of previous visits he has made to Israel