English Explanatory Dictionary

short circuit operator

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A logical operator that returns a value as soon as the outcome is certain, without necessarily testing all operands (for example, an OR operator returning true if the first operand evaluates as true, without evaluating the second operand).

Word forms

short circuit operator short circuit operators short-circuit operator
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