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jump (2)

A jump allows the order of execution of the statements in a computer program to be changed. Normally instructions are executed in the sequence they are stored but this can be changed by a jump instruction which enables a program to choose which instruction to execute next. Also known as a branch.

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machine codebranchjump (1)executeinstructionlogical error
Term sub categories
Programming › procedural programming
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