"stack frame" meaning in English

See stack frame in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: stack frames [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} stack frame (plural stack frames)
  1. (computing) An individual frame on the call stack, representing a call to a subroutine that has yet to return. Categories (topical): Computing Synonyms: stackframe

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