Recurring

Recurring

Recurring means occurring over and over and can refer to several different things:
*Recurring expense, an ongoing (continual) expenditure
*Curiously recurring template pattern (CRTP), a software design pattern
*Recursion, a computer programming subroutine/method/function that calls itself from within its body
*"Recurring" (album), 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 dream, a dream that someone repeatedly experiences over an extended period of time

In television:
*Recurring character, a character, usually on a television series, that appears from time to time and may grow into a larger role
*Recurring status, condition whereby a soap opera actor may be used for extended period without being under contract


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