control structure

noun

control structure

noun

1

Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Programming, Sciences A structure used to direct the flow of execution of a program.

In C++ you can and often will nest control structures: place one conditional within another; put a loop within another loop; have a conditional within a loop; and so forth.2005, Larry Ullman, Andreas Signer, C++ Programming: Visual QuickStart Guide, Pearson Education, →ISBN:

Hyponyms: branch, loop, switch

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