looping : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: looping	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for looping
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
looping n (computer science) executing the same set of instructions a given number of times or until a specified result is obtained; "the solution is obtained by iteration" Synonym(s): iteration, looping
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Looping \Loop"ing\, n. [Cf. D. loopen to run. Cf. {Loop} a mass of iron, {Leap}.] (Metal.) The running together of the matter of an ore into a mass, when the ore is only heated for calcination.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Looping \Loop"ing\, p. pr. & vb. n. of {Loop}. {Looping snail} (Zo[94]l.), any species of land snail of the genus {Truncatella}; -- so called because it creeps like the measuring worms.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Loop \Loop\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Looped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Looping}.] To make a loop of or in; to fasten with a loop or loops; -- often with up; as, to loop a string; to loop up a curtain.