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infinite loop

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n.1.(Computers) a series of instructions in a computer program which, when executed, cause a cyclic repetition of the same instructions, with no other action by the program, for as long as the program continues to be executed, or the loop is interrupted by some external action.


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With exaggerated expectations placed on the self, the search for identity ends up--like the (now somewhat aged) video work by Bruce Nauman Good Boy/Bad Boy, 1986--in a rhetorical infinite loop.
"Neue Welt": Kunstverein. (Frankfurt) by Smolik, Noemi / Artforum International
INFINITE LOOP How Apple, the World's Most Insanely Great Computer Company, went Insane by Michael S.
INFINITE LOOP by Lohr, Steve / Washington Monthly
A rumor circulated on the Internet last year claiming that if you opened an e-mail message with the words "Good Times" in the subject line, a virus would invade your computer's memory and destroy its microprocessor by setting it into an "nth complexity infinite loop.
Facts and fables about computer viruses by Hunton, James E. / Journal of Accountancy
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