control structure

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control structure (plural control structures)

  1. (programming) A structure used to direct the flow of execution of a program.
    Coordinate term: data structure
    • 2005, Larry Ullman, Andreas Signer, C++ Programming: Visual QuickStart Guide, Pearson Education, →ISBN:
      In C++ you can and often will nest control structures: place one conditional within another; put a loop within another loop; have a conditional within a loop; and so forth.

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