Thunk

Thunk may refer to:

• Thunk (functional programming), a piece of code to perform a delayed computation (similar to a closure)
• Thunk (object-oriented programming), a feature of some virtual function table implementations
• Thunk (compatibility mapping), a mapping of machine data from one system-specific form to another, usually for compatibility reasons
• A measure of time, used on Digital Equipment Corporation operating systems, measuring the number of clock ticks since 00:00 o'clock, November 17, 1858. This is the Smithsonian base date and time for the astronomical calendar corresponding to the modified Julian day (JD - 2400000.5).

See also

• Futures and promises
• Lambda function
• Shim (computing)
• Trampoline (computing)