CALLBACK

Callback

In computer programming, a callback is a piece of executable code that is passed as an argument to other code, which is expected to call back the argument at some convenient time. The invocation may be immediate as in a synchronous callback or it might happen at later time, as in an asynchronous callback.

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call back

Noun

call back

  1. Request for a second interview or audition, following a successful initial interview.

Verb

call back

  1. To request someone's return.
  2. To telephone someone again at a more convenient time.
  3. To return to a shop or residence one has previously visited.


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callback

Noun

  1. The return of a situation to a previous position or state.
  2. A return telephone or radio call; especially one made automatically to authenticate a logon to a computer network
  3. A product recall because of a defect or safety concern.
  4. A function pointer passed to another function that the latter can call for notification purposes.
  5. a follow-up audition (casting)
  6. a joke which references an earlier joke in the same routine


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