"while loop" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: while loops [plural]
Etymology: From the keyword while used in many programming languages for this purpose. Head templates: {{en-noun}} while loop (plural while loops)
  1. (programming) A section of computer code in which an instruction or group of instructions is repeated only while a certain condition continues to be met. Categories (topical): Programming Related terms: do loop, do-while loop, for loop Translations (section of code): while迴圈 (Chinese Cantonese), while回圈 (while wui⁴ hyun¹) (Chinese Cantonese), while循環 (Chinese Mandarin), while循环 (while xúnhuán) (Chinese Mandarin), while迴圈 (Chinese Mandarin), while回圈 (huíquān) (Chinese Mandarin), while-loop [neuter] (Danish), while-løkke [common-gender] (Danish), boucle while [feminine] (French), while-Schleife [feminine] (German), bucle mientras [masculine] (Spanish), bucle while [masculine] (Spanish)

Inflected forms

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