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Infinite loop

In computer programming, an infinite loop (or endless loop) is a sequence of instructions that, as written, will continue endlessly, unless an external intervention occurs, such as turning off power via a switch or pulling a plug. It may be intentional.

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Interruption

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Intended vs unintended looping

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Examples of intentional infinite loops

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Pseudo-infinite loops

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Intended vs unintended looping

Interruption

Language support

Examples of intentional infinite loops

Examples of unintentional infinite loops

Multi-party loops

Pseudo-infinite loops

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Infinite loop

Nodes61
Edges60
Triples50
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.032787
Components1

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Infinite loop

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related to Language support · 11
Infinite loop → Ada, DO, END DO, Examples, Fortran, Go, Infinite, Most, Ruby, Rust, Some
related to Interruption · 9
Infinite loop → As, Control-C, Cyrix, However, In, SIGINT, SIGKILL, This, Unix
related to Multi-party loops · 6
Infinite loop → An, Consider, Even, One, They, This
related to Examples of intentional infinite loops · 5
Infinite loop → However, Infinite, Programming Language, The, This
related to overview · 5
Infinite loop → An, Busy, In, Infinite, With
related to Mathematical errors · 4
Infinite loop → Here, This, Thus, Visual Basic
is a · 2
Infinite loop → loop that appears infinite but is really just a very long loop.Impossible termination conditionAn example for loop in C, sequence of instructions in a computer program which loops endlessly
related to Intended vs unintended looping · 2
Infinite loop → An, Looping
related to External links · 1
Infinite loop → Make

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Infinite loopis asequence of instructions in a computer program which loops endlessly0.90text
Infinite loopis aloop that appears infinite but is really just a very long loop.Impossible termination conditionAn example for loop in C0.90text
a linked list or treeinstance ofis that a programmer intends to iterate over a sequence of nodes in a data structure0.80text
executing the loop code once for each nodeinstance ofis that a programmer intends to iterate over a sequence of nodes in a data structure0.80text
SIGKILL can workinstance ofIn some cases other signals0.80text
as they do not require the process to be responsiveinstance ofIn some cases other signals0.80text
while in other cases the loop cannot be terminated short of system shutdowninstance ofIn some cases other signals0.80text
Infinite looprelated to Examples of intentional infinite loopsThis0.60section
Infinite looprelated to Examples of intentional infinite loopsInfinite0.60section
Infinite looprelated to Examples of intentional infinite loopsThe0.60section
Infinite looprelated to Examples of intentional infinite loopsProgramming Language0.60section
Infinite looprelated to Examples of intentional infinite loopsHowever0.60section

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