while loop

noun

Etymology

From the keyword while used in many programming languages for this purpose.

Definitions

  1. A section of computer code in which an instruction or group of instructions is repeated…

    A section of computer code in which an instruction or group of instructions is repeated only while a certain condition continues to be met.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

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

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