callback
Noun

callback (plural callbacks)

  1. The return of a situation to a previous position or state.
  2. (telephony) A return telephone or radio call; especially one made automatically to authenticate a logon to a computer network.
    • 2007, James M. Lepkowski, Clyde Tucker, J. Michael Brick, Advances in Telephone Survey Methodology (page 318)
      For example, multiple callbacks might be made to a nonanswered number to increase the response rate.
  3. A product recall because of a defect or safety concern.
  4. (programming) A function pointer passed as an argument to another function.
  5. (theater) a follow-up audition (casting)
  6. (comedy) a joke which references an earlier joke in the same routine
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