# future

> in concurrent programming, an object serves as a placeholder for a result that is initially unknown because the computation is incomplete (such an object is crucial in representing the final result during ongoing or not-yet-started computations)

**Wikidata**: [Q1426138](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1426138)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Futures_and_promises)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/future-q1426138


## References

1. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013