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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. (computer science) executing the same set of instructions a given number of times or until a specified result is obtained;
- Example: "the solution is obtained by iteration"
[syn: iteration, looping]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Looping \Loop"ing\, n. [Cf. D. loopen to run. Cf. Loop a mass of iron, Leap.] (Metal.) The running together of the matter of an ore into a mass, when the ore is only heated for calcination. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Loop \Loop\ (l[=oo]p), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Looped (l[=oo]pt); p. pr. & vb. n. Looping.] To make a loop of or in; to fasten with a loop or loops; -- often with up; as, to loop a string; to loop up a curtain. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Looping \Loop"ing\, p. pr. & vb. n. of Loop. [1913 Webster] Looping snail (Zool.), any species of land snail of the genus Truncatella; -- so called because it creeps like the measuring worms. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

looping n 1: (computer science) executing the same set of instructions a given number of times or until a specified result is obtained; "the solution is obtained by iteration" [syn: iteration, looping]