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continuation

/kəntɪnjʊˈeɪʃ(ə)n/ · noun

Meaning

  1. The act or state of continuing or being continued; uninterrupted extension or succession
  2. That which extends, increases, supplements, or carries on.
  3. 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.
  4. A successful shot that, despite a foul, is made with a single continuous motion beginning before the foul, and that is therefore valid in certain forms of basketball.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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