Context may refer to:
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Context (language use)
In semiotics, linguistics, sociology and anthropology, context refers to those objects or entities which surround a ''focal event'', in these disciplines typically a communicative event, of some kind. Context is "a frame that surrounds the event a ...
, the relevant constraints of the communicative situation that influence language use, language variation, and discourse summary
Computing
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Context (computing)
In computer science, a task context is the minimal set of data used by a task (which may be a process, thread, or fiber) that must be saved to allow a task to be interrupted, and later continued from the same point. The concept of context assume ...
, the virtual environment required to suspend a running software program
* Lexical context or runtime context of a program, which determines name resolution; see
Scope (computer science)
In computer programming, the scope of a name binding (an association of a name to an entity, such as a variable) is the part of a program where the name binding is valid; that is, where the name can be used to refer to the entity. In other parts o ...
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Context awareness, a complementary to location awareness
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Context menu, a menu in a graphical user interface that appears upon user interaction
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ConTeXt, a macro package for the TeX typesetting system
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ConTEXT, a text editor for Microsoft Windows
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Operational context, a temporarily defined environment of cooperation
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Context (term rewriting), a formal expression