Callable

Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective

Meaning

(programming) That can be called..

Definitions by Sense

1. (programming) That can be called.
2. (finance) That may be redeemed by its holder before it matures.
3. (programming) An object of a type that can be called, such as a function.
4. (finance) A callable bond.

Example Sentences

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.

The ctypes module can be used to create Python callables that wrap around arbitrary memory addresses.

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