Loop

Noun · Development

Definitions

  1. A control flow construct that repeatedly executes a block of code until a specified condition is met, including for-loops, while-loops, and do-while variants.

    In plain English: Telling the computer to do the same thing over and over until you tell it to stop or a condition is met.

    Example: "Infinite loop on line 42 — that explains why the server ate all the CPU."

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