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Look up: context


  1. Context
    [language use] Context is a notion used in the language sciences (linguistics, sociolinguistics, systemic functional linguistics, discourse analysis, pragmatics, semiotics, etc.) in two different ways, namely as == Verbal context == Verbal context refers to surrounding text or talk of an exp...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Context_(language_use)

  2. context
    That which surrounds, and gives meaning to, something else. (grammar) In a grammar it refers to the symbols before and after the symbol under consideration. If the syntax of a symbol is independent of its context, the grammar is said to be context-free.
    Found op http://foldoc.org/context

  3. Context
    [computing] In computer science, a task context (process, thread ...) is the minimal set of data used by this task that must be saved to allow a task interruption at a given date, and a continuation of this task at the point it has been interrupted and at an arbitrary future date. The concep...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Context_(computing)

  4. Context
    The careful investigation of objects in situ usually gives far more valuable information, than just the object by itself. An object without provenance (place of origin) has lost its story.
    Found op http://www.abc.se/~pa/uwa/glossary.htm

  5. Context
    The environment in which a process runs, including it's set of register values within the CPU, the current stack values, which instruction is being executed, and the allowable memory access boundaries. A context switch is a sudden change in these, for example, a function call which modifies the stac...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20091

  6. context
    The inner or body tissue of a fruit body which supports the hymenophore in the larger and especially the pileate species of Hymenomycetes.
    Found op http://ppathw3.cals.cornell.edu/glossary/Defs_C.htm

  7. context
    [n] - the set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation or event 2. [n] - discourse that surrounds a language unit and helps to determine its interpretation
    Found op http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=context

  8. Context
    the setting in which speech or writing takes place
    Found op http://www.mantex.co.uk/samples/eng.htm

  9. Context
    (Context (contextual / contextualise)) Context is always an important aspect to consider whenever you analyse a text. Context refers to those particular elements of a situation that in some way or another affect the text (for example, the effects of time, place, ideology, social hierarchies, relatio...
    Found op http://www.englishbiz.co.uk/grammar/main_files/definitionsa-m.htm

  10. Context
    The non-linguistic situation in which spoken or written language is used, and in which the learner is operating.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contributions.php

  11. context
    In archaeology, an artefact's matrix (the sediment or material surrounding it), its provenance (its three-dimensional position within that matrix), and its association with other...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20688

  12. context
    all the factors which systematically determine the form, meaning, appropriateness or translation of linguistic expressions. One can distinguish between linguistic context (provided by the preceding utterances or text) and non-linguistic context (including shared assumptions and information).
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contributions.php



  1. Context
    The framework surrounding a particular event. This framework will often determine how a particular experience or event is interpreted.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20781

  2. Context
    the situation within which something exists or happens, and that can help explain it.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contributions.php

  3. Context
    Con·text' adjective [ Latin contextus , past participle of contexere to weave, to unite; con- + texere to weave. See Text .] Knit or woven together; close; firm. [ Obsolete] « The coats, without, are contex...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/147

  4. Context
    Con'text noun [ Latin contextus ; confer French contexte .] The part or parts of something written or printed, as of Scripture, which precede or follow a text or quoted sentence, or are so intimately associated with it as to throw light upon ...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/147

  5. Context
    Con·text' transitive verb To knit or bind together; to unite closely. [ Obsolete] Feltham. « The whole world's frame, which is contexted only by commerce and contracts. R. Junius. »
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/147

  6. context
    linguistic context noun discourse that surrounds a language unit and helps to determine its interpretation
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=context

  7. context
    noun the set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation or event; `the historical context`
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=context

  8. Context
    • (a.) Knit or woven together; close; firm. • (n.) The part or parts of something written or printed, as of Scripture, which precede or follow a text or quoted sentence, or are so intimately associated with it as to throw light upon its meaning. • (v. t.) To knit or bind together; to ...
    Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/context/

  9. context
    context 1. A discourse that surrounds a language unit and helps to determine its interpretation. 2. The words, phrases, or passages that come before and after a particular word or passage in a speech or piece of writing and help to explain its full meaning. 3. The set of facts or the circumstances...
    Found op http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/3702/

  10. ConTEXT
    ConTEXT is a text editor for Microsoft Windows that can open and edit very large files, while requiring only modest amounts of RAM and hard drive space to run. It has built-in syntax highlighters for C/C++, Delphi/Pascal, FORTRAN, 80x86 assembler, Java, JavaScript, Visual Basic, Perl/CGI, HTML, SQL...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ConTEXT

  11. ConTeXt
    ConTeXt is a general-purpose document processor. It is especially suited for structured documents, automated document production, very fine typography, and multi-lingual typesetting. It is based in part on the TeX typesetting system, and uses a document markup language for manuscript preparation. T...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ConTeXt

  12. Context
    The relation of an artifact or cultural remains to the surrounding artifacts or remains and to the soil level in which they were found. The surrounding conditions of an archaeological find.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contributions.php

  13. CONTEXT
    Perhaps the most important word in archaeology is context. Context is the location of an artifact or feature in relationship with all other artifacts and features in three_dimensional space. It is the relationships between artifacts and features that help an archaeologist reconstruct human behavior...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21815

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