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callable

adjective

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Wiktionary

adj

Etymology: Etymology tree English call Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English callable From call + -able.

  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.

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree English call Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English callable From call + -able.

  1. 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.

  2. A callable bond.
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