continuation vs maintenance

continuation

noun
  • A representation of an execution state of a program at a certain point in time, which may be used at a later time to resume the execution of the program from that point. 

  • That which extends, increases, supplements, or carries on. 

  • A successful shot that, despite a foul, is made with a single continuous motion beginning before the foul, and that is therefore valid in certain forms of basketball. 

  • The act or state of continuing or being continued; uninterrupted extension or succession 

maintenance

noun
  • Actions performed to keep some machine or system functioning or in service. 

  • The natural process which keeps an organism alive. 

  • Child support. 

  • A tort and (in some jurisdictions) an offence committed when a third party who does not have a bona fide interest in a lawsuit provides help or acquires an interest to a litigant's lawsuit. 

  • Alimony, a periodical payment or a lump sum made or ordered to be made to a spouse after a divorce. 

  • Money required or spent to provide for the needs of a person or a family. 

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