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ANSI Common Lisp 26 Glossary 26.1 Glossary

handle:

v. (of a condition being signaled) to perform a non-local transfer of control, terminating the ongoing_signaling_ of the condition.

handler:

n. a condition handler.

hash table:

n. an object of type hash-table, which provides a mapping from keys to values.

home package:

n. (of a symbol) the package, if any, which is contents of the package cell of the symbol, and which dictates how the Lisp printer prints the symbol when it is not accessible in the_current package. (Symbols_ which have nil in their_package cell_ are said to have no home package, and also to be apparently uninterned.)