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callable

adj

Etymology

From call + -able.

  1. derived from callis — “path”
  2. derived from caulae — “sheepfold”
  3. derived from calwe — “bald”
  4. suffixed as callable — “call + able”

Definitions

  1. That can be called.

    • The list of server tasks is a compromise between only one task for all remotely callable subprograms and one task for each remotely callable subprogram.
    • Historically, all viable frameworks have always provided a mechanism to implement callbacks. C# goes one step further and encapsulates callbacks into callable objects called delegates.

  2. That may be redeemed by its holder before it matures.

  3. An object of a type that can be called, such as a function.

    • The ctypes module can be used to create Python callables that wrap around arbitrary memory addresses.
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. A callable bond.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for callable. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA