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• infinite loop — n. 1. (Computers) a series of instructions in a computer program which, when executed, cause a cyclic repetition of the same instructions, with no other action by the program, for as long as the program continues to be executed, or the loop is… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Infinite loop — This article is about the programming term. For the street on which Apple Inc. s campus is located, see Infinite Loop (street). An infinite loop (also known as an endless loop) is a sequence of instructions in a computer program which loops… …   Wikipedia



• Infinite Loop — 37° 19′ 55″ N 122° 01′ 52″ W / 37.33182, 122.03118 …   Wikipédia en Français

• infinite loop — Компьютерная техника: бесконечный цикл …   Универсальный англо-русский словарь

• Infinite Loop (street) — Infinite Loop is a street encircling the six main buildings of Apple s headquarters in Cupertino, California. Each building has a number which corresponds to its single digit address on the Loop, and so Apple s official mailing address is 1… …   Wikipedia

• Infinite-loop motif — The infinite loop motif is the concept, typically in a song, picture, or story, of the same content being repeated ( precisely repeated, and endlessly repeated) at the point that would in most works be the end of that content. (This is in… …   Wikipedia

• Loop variant — In computer science, a loop variant is a mathematical function defined on the state space of a computer program having the property that each iteration of a loop (given its invariant) strictly decreases its value with respect to a well founded… …   Wikipedia

• loop — lu:p 1. сущ. 1) а) петля (из веревки, шнура, ленты для украшения одежды и пр.); глаз (элемент орнамента) crochets and loops ≈ глаза и завитушки (элементы орнамента) б) ме …   Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь

• Loop algebra — In mathematics, loop algebras are certain types of Lie algebra, of particular interest in theoretical physics.If mathfrak{g} is a Lie algebra, the tensor product of mathfrak{g} with C^infty(S^1), :mathfrak{g}otimes C^infty(S^1), the algebra of… …   Wikipedia

• Infinite Jest — Infobox Book name = Infinite Jest title orig = translator = author = David Foster Wallace cover artist = country = flagicon|USA United States language = English genre = Hysterical realism, Satire, Tragicomedy, Science Fiction publisher = Little,… …   Wikipedia