Context may refer to:
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Context (language use)
In semiotics, linguistics, sociology and anthropology, context refers to those objects or entities which surround a ''focal event'', in these disciplines typically a communicative event, of some kind. Context is "a frame that surrounds the event a ...
, the relevant constraints of the communicative situation that influence language use, language variation, and discourse summary
Computing
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Context (computing), the virtual environment required to suspend a running software program
* Lexical context or runtime context of a program, which determines name resolution; see
Scope (computer science)
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Context awareness
Context awareness refers, in information and communication technologies, to a capability to take into account the ''situation'' of ''entities'', which may be users or devices, but are not limited to those. ''Location'' is only the most obvious el ...
, a complementary to location awareness
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Context menu
A context menu (also called contextual, shortcut, and pop up or pop-up menu) is a menu in a graphical user interface (GUI) that appears upon user interaction, such as a right-click mouse operation. A context menu offers a limited set of choic ...
, a menu in a graphical user interface that appears upon user interaction
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ConTeXt, a macro package for the TeX typesetting system
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ConTEXT, a text editor for Microsoft Windows
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Operational context, a temporarily defined environment of cooperation
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Context (term rewriting), a formal expression