English Explanatory Dictionary

downcall

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A call from a higher-level subsystem, such as user code, to a lower-level subsystem, such as a kernel or framework.
verb
  1. To perform such a call.

Word forms

downcall downcalls downcalling downcalled

Etymology

From down- + call.

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