for loop

noun

for loop

noun

Etymology From the keyword FOR, used in many programming languages for this purpose.

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Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Programming, Sciences A section of code in which an instruction or group of instructions is executed a specific number of times depending on the value of a loop counter.

Related terms
do loop, foreach loop, while loop

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