a small valley running down a hillside A stream cut into a hillside would create a reentrant-type feature On a map, the contour lines which describe a reentrant point uphill
A characteristic of a function which can be called concurrently by multiple threads without mishap
A reentrant subprogram is a subprogram which can be in invoked any number of times in parallel, without interference between the various invocations See section A Pure (Reentrant) Parser
Opposite of fully supported Some rays from the centre of a reentrant stellation outwards will cross the surface of the model more than once
A term used to describe routines which do not modify themselves or global variables
The ability of code to process multiple interleaved requests for service nearly simultaneously For example, a reentrant function can begin responding to one call, be interrupted by other calls, and complete them all with the same results as if the function had received and executed each call serially
The attribute of a program or routine that allows the same copy of a program or routine to be used concurrently by two or more tasks
{s} (about program code) able to handle several simultaneous or interleaved requests (Computers)