an abstract representation of the control state of a computer program

In computer science and computer programming, a continuation is an abstract representation of the control state of a computer program.

a breakout pattern whereby following a pause in a trend (also known as consolidation

A continuation is a breakout pattern whereby following a pause in a trend (also known as consolidation; characterized by a period of range-bound movement), price breaks out resuming in the original trend direction.

a way of capturing 'the rest of the computation'

Continuations are a way of capturing 'the rest of the computation', saving the computation, and perhaps executing the computation more than once.

a simple pattern that can be observed in market price data, using traditional bar charts , point and figure charts , or Japanese candlestick charts

continuations is a simple pattern that can be observed in market price data, using traditional bar charts, point and figure charts, or Japanese candlestick charts.

the state of a computation that has not yet finished

But the idea of what a continuation is, is straightforward: a continuation is the state of a computation that has not yet finished.

a task that runs asynchronously after another task completes

A continuation is a task that runs asynchronously after another task completes.

a function that you pass into another function to tell another function what to do next

A continuation is a function that you pass into another function to tell another function what to do next.

a way for cooperative scheduling

Continuations are a way for cooperative scheduling, which means that one thread of execution explicitly hands off control to another one.

that execute sequentially

A continuation is a sequence of instructions that execute sequentially, and may suspend itself (a more thorough treatment of continuations is given later, in the section Continuations).

a block that will be run when the task is complete

A continuation is a block that will be run when the task is complete.

a syntactic way to define continuations of different branches of an Alternative CombinedFragment

A Continuation is a syntactic way to define continuations of different branches of an Alternative CombinedFragment.