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Upcall

Definition & Meaning

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Upcall is a noun meaning (programming) A call from a lower-level subsystem, such as a kernel or framework, to a higher-level subsystem, such as user code.

Meaning

(programming) A call from a lower-level subsystem, such as a kernel or framework, to a higher-level subsystem, such as user code.

More Meanings

  1. To perform such a call.

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include downcall, call, caller, subsubroutine, subprocedure, callsite.

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