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coroutine

coroutine noun: a piece of code that performs a task, and that can be passed new input and return output more than once.

Noun

coroutine (plural coroutines)

  1. A piece of code that performs a task, and that can be passed new input and return output more than once.
    • Although a powerful tool, coroutines can be hard to understand due to the way data can flow back and forth between sections of the code.
    • The actual origin of the concept of symmetric unit control is difficult to determine. One of the earliest published applications of coroutines was in the area of syntax analysis (Conway, 1963).2010, Robert W. Sebesta, Concepts of Programming Languages, Addison-Wesley Longman, page 440

coroutine meaning in Tamil, Marathi and Persian

coroutine in Tamil

இணைநிரல்

coroutine in Marathi

Translations
कोरूटीन korūṭīn

coroutine in Persian

Translations
همروال, همرو, همسیر

Forms of coroutine

pluralcoroutines
alternative formco-routine

Origin of coroutine

From co- + routine, coined by American computer scientist Melvin Conway in 1958.

Words formed from coroutine

Questions about coroutine

What does coroutine mean?
Coroutine means a piece of code that performs a task, and that can be passed new input and return output more than once.
What is coroutine in Tamil?
Coroutine in Tamil is இணைநிரல். See Coroutine meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is coroutine?
Coroutine is a noun.
What is the plural of coroutine?
The plural of coroutine is coroutines.

Words near coroutine in the dictionary

  1. corotocine
  2. corotocines
  3. corotoxigenin
  4. corotron
  5. corotrons
  6. coroutine
  7. coroutines
  8. Corowa
  9. Corozal
  10. corozo
  11. corozos

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Adapted from Wiktionary: coroutine (page history and authors); coroutine (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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