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Algol 60 also uses the word "call" for parameters as well as functions. It introduced (?) the terms "call by value" and "call by name". For example, in 4.7.5.3: "In addition if the formal parameter is called by value the local array created during the call will have the same. subscript bounds as the actual array."

In modern terminology, we call procedures/functions/subroutines and pass arguments/parameters, so "pass by (value|name|reference)" is clearer than "call by (value|name|reference)". But the old terms "call by value" et al have survived in some contexts, though the idea of "calling" an argument or parameter has not.