Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Continuation \Con*tin`u*a"tion\, n. [L. continuatio: cf. F.
   connuation.]
   1. That act or state of continuing; the state of being
      continued; uninterrupted extension or succession;
      prolongation; propagation.

            Preventing the continuation of the royal line.
                                                  --Macaulay.

   2. That which extends, increases, supplements, or carries on;
      as, the continuation of a story.

            My continuation of the version of Statius. --Pope.

Source : WordNet®

continuation
     n 1: the act of continuing an activity without interruption [syn:
           {continuance}] [ant: {discontinuance}, {discontinuance}]
     2: a part added to a book or play that continues and extends it
        [syn: {sequel}]
     3: a Gestalt principle of organization holding that there is an
        innate tendence to perceive a line as continuing its
        established direction [syn: {good continuation}, {law of
        continuation}]
     4: the consequence of being lengthened in duration [syn: {lengthiness},
         {prolongation}, {protraction}]

Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

continuation
     
        See {continuation passing style}.