DuriNg the executioN of a procedural laNguage, oNe is said to "uNwiNd the stack" from a called procedure up to a caller wheN oNe discards the stack frame aNd aNy Number of frames above it, poppiNg back up to the level of the giveN caller. IN C this is doNe with "loNgjmp"/"setjmp", iN Lisp with "throw/catch". See also smash the stack. [JargoN File]

N="left">IN additioN suitable coNteNts:
[ = ] [ ag ] [ ai ] [ al ] [ am ] [ aN ] [ ar ] [ arc ] [ arg ] [ as ] [ ash ] [ at ] [ b ] [ ba ] [ be ] [ bo ] [ C ] [ ca ] [ card ] [ cat ] [ ch ] [ ck ] [ cu ] [ D ] [ disc ] [ do ] [ du ] [ ec ] [ ed ] [ edu ] [ ee ] [ er ] [ es ] [ et ] [ exec ] [ executioN ] [ fi ] [ file ] [ fr ] [ frame ] [ ge ] [ gi ] [ gu ] [ h ] [ hr ] [ id ] [ il ] [ iN ] [ io ] [ is ] [ it ] [ J ] [ JargoN File ] [ jm ] [ la ] [ laNguage ] [ Lex ] [ Lisp ] [ ls ] [ ma ] [ mo ] [ mod ] [ module ] [ mp ] [ Na ] [ Ne ] [ Ng ] [ Nu ] [ om ] [ op ] [ ph ] [ piNg ] [ pop ] [ pr ] [ procedure ] [ query ] [ rc ] [ re ] [ ro ] [ row ] [ S ] [ sa ] [ sc ] [ se ] [ set ] [ sh ] [ sm ] [ smash the stack ] [ so ] [ st ] [ stack ] [ stack frame ] [ tc ] [ th ] [ tj ] [ to ] [ ua ] [ um ] [ up ] [ ve ] [ wiN ]