control structure

control structure (plural control structures)

1. (programming) A structure used to direct the flow of execution of a program.

   Coordinate term: data structure

   • 2005, Larry Ullman, Andreas Signer, C++ Programming: Visual QuickStart Guide, Pearson Education, →ISBN:

     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.

• branch
• loop
• switch