te stream state. [Computer and Information Sciences] 
n.,n., In computer application programming, the arrangement of arguments (i.e., values or references) for a procedure or function call. [Computer and Information Sciences] 
 A series of rules that governs the carrying out of a transaction. [Archives] 
v.,
 To save a particular instantiation or state of a digital component or group of components. [Archives] 
n., Any of various processes in which a system of particles absorbs an extra particle. [Sciences] 