Noun: iteration ,i-tu'rey-shun
- Doing or saying again; a repeated performance
"The software went through multiple iterations before release"; "Each iteration of the experiment yielded slightly different results"
- (computing) executing the same set of instructions a given number of times or until a specified result is obtained
"the solution is obtained by iteration";
- looping
- (computing) a single execution of a set of instructions that are to be repeated
"the solution took hundreds of iterations";
- loop
Derived forms: iterations
Type of: physical process, process, repeating, repetition
Encyclopedia: Iteration