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    n. Comments set on the same line as code, as opposed to {boxed comments}. In C, for example d =... VIEW ENTIRE DEFINITION


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    main loop

    n. Software tools are often written to perform some actions repeatedly on whatever input is handed to them, terminating when there is no more input or they are explicitly told to go away. In such programs, the loop that gets and processes input is called the `main loop'. See also driver.