"Jensen's device" meaning in English

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Proper name

Etymology: Devised by Danish computer scientist Jørn Jensen. Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Jensen's device
  1. (programming) A particular programming technique that exploits call-by-name to change the value of an index variable during execution of a loop. Wikipedia link: Jensen's device Categories (topical): Programming
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