"Hoare logic" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: Hoare logics [plural]
Etymology: Proposed in 1969 by the British computer scientist and logician Tony Hoare. Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} Hoare logic (countable and uncountable, plural Hoare logics)
  1. (computing theory) A formal system of rules for reasoning about the correctness of computer programs, based on Hoare triples, which describe the state of the system before and after various operations. Wikipedia link: Hoare logic, Tony Hoare Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Theory of computing

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