Iteration : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Iteration	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
iteration n (computer science) a single execution of a set of instructions that are to be repeated; "the solution took hundreds of iterations" Synonym(s): iteration, loop (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 doing or saying again; a repeated performance
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Iteration \It`er*a"tion\, n. [L. iteratio.] Recital or performance a second time; repetition. --Bacon. What needs this iteration, woman? --Shak.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
iteration Repetition of a sequence of instructions. A fundamental part of many {algorithms}. Iteration is characterised by a set of initial conditions, an iterative step and a termination condition. A well known example of iteration in mathematics is Newton-Raphson iteration. Iteration in programs is expressed using {loops}, e.g. in {C}: new_x = n/2; do { x = new_x; new_x = 0.5 * (x + n/x); } while (abs(new_x-x) > epsilon); Iteration can be expressed in functional languages using recursion: solve x n = if abs(new_x-x) > epsilon then solve new_x n else new_x where new_x = 0.5 * (x + n/x) solve n/2 n (1998-04-04)