continuation

  1. Noun.  That act or state of continuing; the state of being continued; uninterrupted extension or succession; prolongation; propagation.
  2. Noun.  That which extends, increases, supplements, or carries on; as, the continuation of a story.
  3. Noun.  ''Narratology.'' In a series of works, a sequel that begins at where a previously published work left off.
  4. Noun.  (computing) A representation of an execution state of a program at a certain point in time, which may be used at a later time to resume the execution of the program from that point.

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