loop
<programming> A sequence of instructions that the processor repeats,
either until some condition is met, or indefinitely.
In an structured language (e.g. C, Pascal, BASIC, or Fortran), a loop is usually
achieved with for loop, while loop or repeat loop constructs.
In other languages these constructs may be synthesised with a jump (assembly
language) or a GOTO (early Fortran or BASIC).
(1999-05-06)
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