Context facts for kids

The word Context have a couple of meanings:

Context (language): the text in which a word or passage appears and which affects its meaning; also the words and social setting which surrounds a spoken word or passage.

ConTeXt, a macro package for the TeX typesetting system
ConTEXT, a Windows text editor
Context (computing), the virtual environment required to suspend a running software program
Archaeological context, an event in time which has been preserved in the archaeological record
the Context Science Fiction Convention, held every fall in Columbus, Ohio

Context may also be used for:

Context analysis, analysis of the environment in which a business operates
Context awareness, ability for computers to adjust to the natural environment
Context menu, usability improvement based on context awareness
Context mixing, a type of data compression algorithm
Context principle, philosophy of language
Context Sensitive Solutions, transportation
Context theory, theory of how environmental design and planning of new development should relate to its context
Contextualization, a translation approach that is not literal; predominately used in regards to Bible translations
Trama (context or flesh), the mass of non-hymenial tissues that composes the mass of a fungal fruiting body
Low context culture
High context culture

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