Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

control structure

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.73 in modern English

Syllables: con-trol struc-ture
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A structure used to direct the flow of execution of a program.

Example Sentences

"In C++ you can and often will nest control structures: place one conditional within another; put a loop within another loop; have a conditional within a loop; and so forth."

Inflected Forms

control structures (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

data structure

Questions

What does control structure mean?: A structure used to direct the flow of execution of a program.

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