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Iteration

Recital or performance a second time; repetition.

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Process 76% connected

The act of proceeding; continued forward movement; procedure; progress; advance.

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Repeating 76% connected

of Repeat

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Repetition 76% connected

The act of repeating; a doing or saying again; iteration.

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Reiterate 74% connected

To repeat again and again; to say or do repeatedly; sometimes, to repeat.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Reiterate 74% connected

To repeat again and again; to say or do repeatedly; sometimes, to repeat.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Loop 92% connected

A mass of iron in a pasty condition gathered into a ball for the tilt hammer or rolls.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Looping 92% connected

of Loop

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Replication noun · 86% connection

the repetition of an experiment in order to test the validity of its conclusion; "scientists will not believe an experimental result u…

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Argument noun · 85% connection

(computer science) a reference or value that is passed to a function, procedure, subroutine, command, or program

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Interpreter noun · 85% connection

(computer science) a program that translates and executes source language statements one line at a time

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Interpretive program noun · 85% connection

(computer science) a program that translates and executes source language statements one line at a time

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Parameter noun · 85% connection

(computer science) a reference or value that is passed to a function, procedure, subroutine, command, or program

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Recursion noun · 85% connection

(mathematics) an expression such that each term is generated by repeating a particular mathematical operation; also, the repeated appl…

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Screen saver noun · 85% connection

(computer science) a moving design that appears on a computer screen when there has been no input for a specified period of time; "scr…

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Algorithm noun · 85% connection

a precise rule (or set of rules) specifying how to solve some problem

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Algorithmic program noun · 85% connection

a precise rule (or set of rules) specifying how to solve some problem

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Algorithmic rule noun · 85% connection

a precise rule (or set of rules) specifying how to solve some problem

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source code noun · 85% connection

program instructions written as an ASCII text file; must be translated by a compiler or interpreter or assembler into the object code…

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Ace noun · 85% connection

the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number; "he has the one but will need a two and three to go with it"; "they h…

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One noun · 85% connection

the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number; "he has the one but will need a two and three to go with it"; "they h…

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Single noun · 85% connection

the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number; "he has the one but will need a two and three to go with it"; "they h…

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Unity noun · 85% connection

the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number; "he has the one but will need a two and three to go with it"; "they h…

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Function noun · 85% connection

a set sequence of steps, part of larger computer program

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Object noun · 85% connection

(computing) a discrete item that provides a description of virtually anything known to a computer; "in object-oriented programming, ob…

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Procedure noun · 85% connection

a set sequence of steps, part of larger computer program

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Account noun · 78% connection

A statement of facts or occurrences; recital of transactions; a relation or narrative; a report; a description; as, an account of a ba…

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Antilegomena n. pl. · 78% connection

Certain books of the New Testament which were for a time not universally received, but which are now considered canonical. These are t…

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C. G. S. unknown · 78% connection

An abbreviation for Centimeter, Gram, Second. -- applied to a system of units much employed in physical science, based upon the centim…

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Commination noun · 78% connection

An office in the liturgy of the Church of England, used on Ash Wednesday, containing a recital of God's anger and judgments against si…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: recital, performance, second, time, repetition.
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Diegesis noun · 78% connection

A narrative or history; a recital or relation.

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Dyne noun · 78% connection

The unit of force, in the C. G. S. (Centimeter Gram Second) system of physical units; that is, the force which, acting on a gram for a…

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Envelop noun · 78% connection

A set of limits for the performance capabilities of some type of machine, originally used to refer to aircraft. Now also used metaphor…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: recital, performance, second, time, repetition.
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Expose verb · 78% connection

A formal recital or exposition of facts; exposure, or revelation, of something which some one wished to keep concealed.

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Guarantee noun · 78% connection

In law and common usage: A promise to answer for the payment of some debt, or the performance of some duty, in case of the failure of…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: recital, performance, second, time, repetition.
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Habit noun · 78% connection

Fixed or established custom; ordinary course of conduct; practice; usage; hence, prominently, the involuntary tendency or aptitude to…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: recital, performance, second, time, repetition.
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Hand noun · 78% connection

Actual performance; deed; act; workmanship; agency; hence, manner of performance.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: recital, performance, second, time, repetition.
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Historiette noun · 78% connection

Historical narration on a small scale; a brief recital; a story.

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