call stack

See also: callstack

English

Alternative forms

• callstack

Noun

call stack (plural call stacks)

1. (programming) A stack that stores details of the functions called by a program in sequence, so that each function can return on completion to the code that called it.
   • 2007, Kurt Jung, Aaron Brown, Beginning Lua Programming, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 216:

     The details of the call stack are hidden from general view. As a Lua programmer, you want to keep in mind that a stack is being used behind the scenes to make sure that function calls work as expected, but in general you won't need to be aware of its implementation or details.

See also

• stack frame

Further reading

• call stack on Wikipedia.Wikipedia