Computer programming is the iterative process of writing or editing source code.
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This process is iterative in nature and must be managed over several time zones.
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However, dramatic speedups did occur, especially for heavily iterative APL code.
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Such iterative, bottom-up, collaborative innovation doesn't happen by accident.
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It's a whole iterative step beyond anything we've seen the app do on the desktop.
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Future research includes work to use iterative reconstruction to study materials.
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Borland, though, is betting its business on the success of the iterative model.
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It was a trial and error iterative process to get a document printed correctly.
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Do you mean imperative, I don't see any mention of iterative on that linked page.
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The aspect of the verb that expresses the repetition of an action
Marked by iteration
(iteration) (computer science) a single execution of a set of instructions that are to be repeated; "the solution took hundreds of iterations"
(iteration) doing or saying again; a repeated performance
Iteration means the act of repeating a process usually with the aim of approaching a desired goal or target or result. Each repetition of the process is also called an "iteration", and the results of one iteration are used as the starting point for the next iteration.
Of a procedure that involves repetition of steps (iteration) to achieve the desired outcome; in computing this may involve a mechanism such as a loop; Expressive of an action that is repeated with frequency
(Iteration) The use of a component more than once with varying operations.
(iteration) Repeating a set of rules or steps over and over. One step is called an iterate.