main loop

<programming>

The top-level control flow construct in an input- or event-driven program, the one which receives and acts or dispatches on the program's input events.

See also driver.

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Last updated: 2004-03-12

Nearby terms:

mainframe programmer/analyst ♦ main loop ♦ main memory ♦ MAINSAIL

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