[1] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

activation record
     
         or "data frame", "stack frame" a data structure
        containing the variables belonging to one particular scope
        e.g. a procedure body, as well as links to other activation
        records.
     
        activation records are usually created on the stack on
        entry to a block and destroyed on exit.  if a procedure or
        function may be returned as a result, stored in a variable and
        used in an outer scope then its activation record must be
        stored in a heap so that its variables still exist when it
        is used.  variables in the current scope are accessed via
        the frame pointer which points to the current activation
        record.  variables in an outer scope are accessed by following
        chains of links between activation records.  there are two
        kinds of link - the static link and the dynamic link.
     
        1995-03-07
     
     
see also:
scope stack heap frame pointer static link dynamic link 

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