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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
while
n
  1. a period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition; "he was here for a little while"; "I need to rest for a piece"; "a spell of good weather"; "a patch of bad weather"
    Synonym(s): while, piece, spell, patch
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   While \While\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Whiled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Whiling}.]
      To cause to pass away pleasantly or without irksomeness or
      disgust; to spend or pass; -- usually followed by away.
  
               The lovely lady whiled the hours away.   --Longfellow.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   While \While\, n. [AS. hw[c6]l; akin to OS. hw[c6]l, hw[c6]la,
      OFries. hw[c6]le, D. wigl, G. weile, OHG. w[c6]la, hw[c6]la,
      hw[c6]l, Icel. hv[c6]la a bed, hv[c6]ld rest, Sw. hvila, Dan.
      hvile, Goth. hweila a time, and probably to L. quietus quiet,
      and perhaps to Gr. [?] the proper time of season. [root]20.
      Cf. {Quiet}, {Whilom}.]
      1. Space of time, or continued duration, esp. when short; a
            time; as, one while we thought him innocent. [bd]All this
            while.[b8] --Shak.
  
                     This mighty queen may no while endure. --Chaucer.
  
                     [Some guest that] hath outside his welcome while,
                     And tells the jest without the smile. --Coleridge.
  
                     I will go forth and breathe the air a while.
                                                                              --Longfellow.
  
      2. That which requires time; labor; pains. [Obs.]
  
                     Satan . . . cast him how he might quite her while.
                                                                              --Chaucer.
  
      {At whiles}, at times; at intervals.
  
                     And so on us at whiles it falls, to claim Powers
                     that we dread.                                    --J. H.
                                                                              Newman.
           
  
      {The while}, {The whiles}, in or during the time that;
            meantime; while. --Tennyson.
  
      {Within a while}, in a short time; soon.
  
      {Worth while}, worth the time which it requires; worth the
            time and pains; hence, worth the expense; as, it is not
            always worth while for a man to prosecute for small debts.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   While \While\, v. i.
      To loiter. [R.] --Spectator.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   While \While\, conj.
      1. During the time that; as long as; whilst; at the same time
            that; as, while I write, you sleep. [bd]While I have time
            and space.[b8] --Chaucer.
  
                     Use your memory; you will sensibly experience a
                     gradual improvement, while you take care not to
                     overload it.                                       --I. Watts.
  
      2. Hence, under which circumstances; in which case; though;
            whereas.
  
      {While as}, {While that}, during or at the time that. [Obs.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   While \While\, prep.
      Until; till. [Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
  
               I may be conveyed into your chamber; I'll lie under
               your bed while midnight.                        --Beau. & Fl.

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   while
  
      The {loop} construct found in nearly all
      {imperative} programming languages which executes one or more
      instructions (the "loop body") repeatedly so long as some
      condition evaluates to true.   In contrast to a {repeat} loop,
      the loop body will not be executed at all if the condition is
      false on entry to the while.
  
      For example, in {C}, a while loop is written
  
      while () ;
  
      where is any expression and is any
      statement, including a compound statement within braces
         "{..}".
  
      (1995-03-14)
  
  
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