control flow

noun

The order in which individual statements, instructions or function calls of an imperative program are executed or evaluated.

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Meanings

nouncontrol flow (uncountable)
  1. uncountablecomputerThe order in which individual statements, instructions or function calls of an imperative program are executed or evaluated.
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