LOOPING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does looping mean? 

• LOOPING (noun)
  The noun LOOPING has 1 sense:

1. (computer science) executing the same set of instructions a given number of times or until a specified result is obtained

  Familiarity information: LOOPING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LOOPING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(computer science) executing the same set of instructions a given number of times or until a specified result is obtained

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Synonyms:

iteration; looping

Context example:

the solution is obtained by iteration

Hypernyms ("looping" is a kind of...):

physical process; process (a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states)

Domain category:

computer science; computing (the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures)