Call

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Call may refer to:

• A type of betting in poker
• Bird call, part of a bird song
• A command in square dancing, delivered by a caller
• Call (telecommunications), often specifically a telephone call
• Call option, a term in stock trading
• A shell command in DOS, OS/2 and Microsoft Windows command-line interpreters
• System call, in computer science, the mechanism used by an application program to request service from:-

• the operating system or
• another application program subroutine (with or without parameters)

• Backstage in the theatre, the time remaining until curtain is called periodically, usually at half hour and five minutes.

As an acronym, CALL may be short for:

• Computer-assisted language learning, a concept in language education
• Center for Anglican Learning & Leadership at the Church Divinity School of the Pacific
• The United States Army's Center for Army Lessons Learned

As a proper noun, Call may refer to:

• Call (Pakistani band)
• Call, Texas, a community in the southern United States

People with the surname Call include:

• Ann Lowdon Call
• Annie Payson Call
• Anson Call
• Brandon Call
• Sir John Call, 1st Baronet
• Ramón Malla Call
• R. D. Call
• Richard K. Call
• Wilkinson Call

[edit] See also

• The Call (disambiguation)
• Caller (disambiguation)
• Calling (disambiguation)
• Call sign, in broadcasting and radio communications, a unique designation for a transmitting station

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