(thing) by pfft Wed Aug 30 2000 at 15:04:14

This is a collective name for the information that has to be stored somewhere when a function is invoked - namely the arguments, return address, and space for its local variables. The term is popular in the LISP community.

del.icio.us Facebook Digg StumbleUpon Reddit (I like it!)
Y'know, if you log in, you can write something here, or contact authors directly on the site. Create a New User if you don't already have an account.