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nonexecuting

adj

Etymology

From non- + executing.

Definitions

  1. Not executing

    Not executing; not running.

    • A nonexecuting program is the limp puppet without a hand, an empty shell. Slip a computer inside and it becomes a working software machine: an electric-powered information-transforming machine...
    • Program comments are nonexecuting statements that you add to a program for the purpose of documentation. Programmers use comments to leave notes for themselves and for others who might read their programs in the future.

  2. Not carrying out executions

    Not carrying out executions; without capital punishment.

    • Figure 17.1 Murder rates in executing and nonexecuting states.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for nonexecuting. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA