The term is normally used in relation to low-level languages.
In a program, a jump instruction that occurs when a particular condition code is true or false. Selective compilation or translation of source code of a program based on certain conditions or flags for example, sections of a program specified by the programmer might be compiled only if a DEBUG flag has been defined at compilation time. See also branch instruction, condition code. In a program, a branch instruction that occurs when a particular condition code is true or false. See also Boolean expression, conditional statement. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of an action or operation that takes place based on whether or not a certain condition is true. The state of an expression or a variable (for example, when a result can be either true or false, or equal or not equal).Īdj. Many dot-matrix printers have a feature that causes the printer to reduce the width of each character and print them closer together, resulting in more characters fitting on a single line. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a font style, supported in some applications, that reduces the width of each character and then sets the characters closer together than their normal spacing. See concurrent.Ĭoncurrent Versions System n. See also parallel algorithm, processor, sequential execution, task, thread (definition 1), time-sharing.Ĭoncurrent program execution n. Concurrent execution can be accomplished on a single process or by using time-sharing techniques, such as dividing programs into different tasks or threads of execution, or by using multiple processors. The apparently simultaneous execution of two or more routines or programs. Microsoft Computer Dictionary, Fifth Edition
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