nesting
noun/ˈnɛstɪŋ/
1
The process by which a bird nests.
2
An arrangement by which one thing is nested inside another.
- the nesting of Russian dolls
3
Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Programming, Sciences The enclosure of one self-contained element of code inside another.
- The positioning of a control structure inside another control structure is called nesting e.g. nested-IF and nested-loop.2013 September 10, Sara Shahzad, Ibrar Ahmad, Mir Muhammd Suleman Sarwar, “Cyclomatic complexity: The nesting problem”, in Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on Digital Information Management (ICDIM 2013) (PDF), Islamabad, Pakistan: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, →DOI, archived from the original on 29 May 2023, page 275:
- Derived terms
- bird-nesting, empty nesting, nesting box, nesting doll, nesting ground