Recurring
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Recurring means occurring over and over and can refer to several different things:
In television:
- Recurring expense, an ongoing (continual) expenditure
- Curiously recurring template patternCuriously Recurring Template PatternThe curiously recurring template pattern is a C++ idiom in which a class X derives from a class template instantiation using X itself as template argument...
(CRTP), a software design pattern - RecursionRecursionRecursion is the process of repeating items in a self-similar way. For instance, when the surfaces of two mirrors are exactly parallel with each other the nested images that occur are a form of infinite recursion. The term has a variety of meanings specific to a variety of disciplines ranging from...
, a computer programming subroutine/method/function that calls itself from within its body - Recurring (album)Recurring (album)Recurring was the fourth and final Spacemen 3 studio album, finally released in February 1991, some time after the band had broken up...
, a 1991 album by the British psychedelic-rock group, Spacemen 3 - Recurring decimal (or "repeating decimal"), a real number in the decimal numeral system in which a sequence of digits repeats infinitely
- Recurring dreamRecurring dreamA recurring dream is a dream which is experienced repeatedly over a long period.A person who experiences post-traumatic stress disorder may have recurring dreams about the traumatic event....
, a dream that someone repeatedly experiences over an extended period of time
In television:
- Recurring characterRecurring characterA recurring character is a fictional character, usually in a prime time TV series, who appears from time to time during the series' run. Recurring characters often play major roles in an episode, sometimes being the main focus...
, a character, usually on a television series, that appears from time to time and may grow into a larger role - Recurring statusRecurring statusIn the U.S. soap opera world, recurring status is a term used to describe the status of a performer who consistently performs in less than three episodes out of a five-day work week, and is therefore let out of their multi-year contract in order for the show to save money...
, condition whereby a soap opera actor may be used for extended period without being under contract