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Control flow

GCSE Computer Science · key term

Control flow

Definition

The order in which a program's statements are executed.

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OCR GCSE Computer Science · J277

Paper 2

Control flow is the order in which a program executes its statements. A program may carry out steps in order, choose between alternatives or repeat some steps. These behaviours are represented by three basic programming constructs: sequence, selection and iteration.
Revise: Basic Programming Constructs

OCR Computer Science past papers

Related key terms

Condition
Condition-controlled loop
Count-controlled loop
Infinite loop
Iteration

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