English Explanatory Dictionary

while loop

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

while loop while loops

Etymology

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

Related words

do loop do-while loop for loop
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