The act of invoking, such as a function call.
The act or form of calling for the assistance or presence of some superior being, especially prayer offered to a divine being.
A call or summons, especially a judicial call, demand, or order.
An act of invoking or claiming a legal right.
The act of defining an object (usually a function) in terms of that object itself.
The act of recurring.
The invocation of a procedure from within itself.