Data that must be saved to allow a computational task to be interrupted, and later continued from the same point
Also known as ContextPath · ctx
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In computer science, a task context is the minimal set of data used by a task that must be saved to allow a task to be interrupted, and later continued from the same point. The concept of context assumes significance in the case of interruptible tasks, wherein, upon being interrupted, the processor saves the context and proceeds to serve the interrupt service routine. Thus, the smaller the context is, the smaller the latency is.