"Scott-continuous" meaning in English

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        "Given two partially ordered sets P and Q, a function f: P → Q between them is Scott-continuous if it preserves all directed suprema."
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        "(mathematics) Given two partially ordered sets P and Q, a function f: P → Q between them is Scott-continuous if it preserves all directed suprema."
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