fall-through

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. In certain programming constructs, the situation where execution passes to the next condition in a list unless explicitly redirected.

Word forms

fall-through fall-throughs fallthrough

Etymology

Deverbal from fall through.

Related words

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