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"etymology_text": "From the keyword while used in many programming languages for this purpose.",
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"A section of computer code in which an instruction or group of instructions is repeated only while a certain condition continues to be met."
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"(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."
],
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"word": "do loop"
},
{
"word": "do-while loop"
},
{
"word": "for loop"
}
],
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"translations": [
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "section of code",
"word": "while迴圈"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "while wui⁴ hyun¹",
"sense": "section of code",
"word": "while回圈"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "section of code",
"word": "while循環"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "while xúnhuán",
"sense": "section of code",
"word": "while循环"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "section of code",
"word": "while迴圈"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "huíquān",
"sense": "section of code",
"word": "while回圈"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "section of code",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "while-loop"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "section of code",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "while-løkke"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "section of code",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "boucle while"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "section of code",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "while-Schleife"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "section of code",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bucle mientras"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "section of code",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "bucle while"
}
]
}
],
"word": "while loop"
}
{
"etymology_text": "From the keyword while used in many programming languages for this purpose.",
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"plural"
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"related": [
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"word": "do loop"
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"word": "do-while loop"
},
{
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}
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],
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],
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"computing",
"engineering",
"mathematics",
"natural-sciences",
"physical-sciences",
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],
"translations": [
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"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "section of code",
"word": "while迴圈"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "while wui⁴ hyun¹",
"sense": "section of code",
"word": "while回圈"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "section of code",
"word": "while循環"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "while xúnhuán",
"sense": "section of code",
"word": "while循环"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "section of code",
"word": "while迴圈"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "huíquān",
"sense": "section of code",
"word": "while回圈"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "section of code",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "while-loop"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "section of code",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
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"word": "while-løkke"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "section of code",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "boucle while"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "section of code",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "while-Schleife"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "section of code",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bucle mientras"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "section of code",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bucle while"
}
],
"word": "while loop"
}
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