Etymology

goto

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Today it means: Any construct which produces an unstructured jump in the flow of execution. Full definition →

Japanese 後藤
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GOTO · noun, verb1

From go to, a keyword for this purpose in many programming languages.

Goto · proper noun2

  1. Japanese · borrowed from後藤
  2. English todayGoto

Borrowed from Japanese 後藤 (Gotō).

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