callback vs regression

callback

noun
  • The return of a situation to a previous position or state. 

  • A joke which references an earlier joke in the same routine. 

  • A follow-up audition in casting. 

  • A function pointer passed as an argument to another function. 

  • A return telephone or radio call; especially one made automatically to authenticate a logon to a computer network. 

  • A form of audience participation in which the audience shout lines in response to the dialog of a film. 

  • A product recall because of a defect or safety concern. 

regression

noun
  • An action of regressing, a return to a previous state. 

  • An analytic method to measure the association of one or more independent variables with a dependent variable. 

  • The reappearance of a bug in a piece of software that had previously been fixed. 

  • An equation using specified and associated data for two or more variables such that one variable can be estimated from the remaining variable(s). 

  • The making an exercise less straining to perform by manipulating the details of its performance like loaded weight, range of motion, angle, speed. 

  • The diminishing of a cellular mass like a tumor, or of an organ size. 

  • A psychotherapeutic method whereby healing is facilitated by inducing the patient to act out behaviour typical of an earlier developmental stage. 

  • An action of travelling mentally back in time. 

How often have the words callback and regression occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )