Coro

Coro is a term with multiple meanings across music, computing, and geography. In Romance languages such as Spanish and Italian, coro commonly denotes a choir or the chorus of a musical work, referring to a group of singers or to the refrain section that is sung by a choir.

In music, the coro often serves as a contrasting or repeating vocal part within a composition. In choral and operatic contexts, a separate ensemble called the coro is responsible for delivering the choir sections, sometimes alongside soloists. The word is used in various genres to denote collective vocal singing and can also describe the chorus in popular songs.

In computing, coro is short for coroutine, a programming construct that enables cooperative multitasking. A coroutine represents a function or routine that can pause its execution to yield control to another coroutine and later resume where it left off. Coroutines are used to structure asynchronous or concurrent code without relying on pre-emptive multitasking, improving readability and efficiency in certain applications and languages that support them.

Geographically, Coro refers to a historic city in northwestern Venezuela, which is the capital of the state of Falcón. The old town is noted for its colonial-era adobe architecture and its association with the UNESCO World Heritage Site "Coro and its Port," designated in 1993. The site covers Coro, the nearby port of La Vela de Coro, and surrounding districts, reflecting a well-preserved example of early Spanish colonial urban planning in the region.