callframe
nounUK /ˈkɔːl.freɪm/
US /ˈkɔːl.freɪm/
A callframe is a small box of information that helps a computer remember where it is in a program.
When the program crashed, the debugger showed the callframe for each function.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. A data structure holding the local variables and return address of a running function.
Each recursive call pushed a new callframe onto the stack.
3. A record in a debugger that shows one step of a program's call history.
Click a callframe in the panel to see the variables at that point.
4. A unit of a call stack used to trace how a program reached its current state.
The error report listed the callframes from the crash site back to main.