calling convention

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

calling convention

   <programming> The arrangement of {arguments} for a procedure
   or function call.  Different programming languages may require
   arguments to be pushed onto a {stack} or entered in
   {registers} in left-to-right or right-to left order, and
   either the caller or the callee can be responsible for
   removing the arguments.  The calling convention also
   determines if a variable number of arguments is allowed.

   (1995-11-11)