"event loop" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɪˈvɛnt luːp/ Forms: event loops [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} event loop (plural event loops)
  1. (computing) programming construct that waits for and dispatches events or messages in a program Categories (topical): Computing Synonyms: message dispatcher, message loop, message pump, run loop Hypernyms: loop Hyponyms: file-based event loop, main loop, main event loop Translations (Translations): tapahtumankäsittelijä (Finnish), Ereignisschleife [feminine] (German), buclă eveniment [feminine] (Romanian), olay döngüsü (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-event_loop-en-noun-IRZN3XZ7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

Inflected forms

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