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 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.

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.

powerful concepts from the world of functional languages, like Scheme

Continuations are powerful concepts from the world of functional languages, like Scheme, but they are becoming popular in other languages as well.

different branches of an Alternative CombinedFragment

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

a low-level control flow mechanism

- Continuations are a low-level control flow mechanism.

a famously mind-bending idea

Continuations are a famously mind-bending idea, and this article doesn't totally explain what they are or what they're good for.

a subroutine

A continuation is a subroutine which represents the rest of the program.

computational states in execution systems,

Continuations are computational states in execution systems, which represent pauses in computation.

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.

an utterance that relies on a previous utterance for context

A continuation is an utterance that relies on a previous utterance for context.

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.

one of many ways to compose groups of tasks

Continuations are one of many ways to compose groups of tasks.

programming abstractions that allow for manipulating the 'future' of a computation

Continuations are programming abstractions that allow for manipulating the 'future' of a computation.

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 place that is waiting to be filled by a value

A continuation is basically a place that is waiting to be filled by a value.

some element of a mathematical domain

In that case, a continuation is some element of a mathematical domain.

the term used when a company wants to cease doing business in one jurisdiction and transfer the company to another jurisdiction

A continuation is the term used when a company wants to cease doing business in one jurisdiction and transfer the company to another jurisdiction.

a very low-level primitive that will only be used by library authors to build higher-level constructs (just as java.util

Continuations are a very low-level primitive that will only be used by library authors to build higher-level constructs (just as java.util.

an example of a sophisticated use of high order functions

Continuations are an example of a sophisticated use of high order functions.