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Call
In
computer science
and
telecommunications
,
calling
is:
Any attempt to
set
up a
communications
circuit
.
A unit of
traffic
measurement.
The actions performed by a
call originator
.
The operations required to establish, maintain, and release a connection.
To use a connection between two stations.
The action of bringing a
computer program
,
subroutine
, or
variable
into effect; usually by specifying the entry conditions and the
entry point
. In
programming languages
(such as
C
and
C++
) before subroutines and variables can be called, they must be
declared
.
References
:
Federal Standard 1037C
,
MIL-STD-188
In
finance
, a
call option
gives its owner the right to buy stock at a specified price in the future, as opposed to a
put option
.
Call
in
round dancing
and
square dancing
is a command by a
caller
to execute a particular
dance figure
.
CALL
-- computer-assisted language learning
In
poker
to
Call
a bet means to equal the amount of
poker chips
in the pot as the player that
bet
.
Bird call
Booty call
Jody call
01-04-2007 01:18:14
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