infinite loop
Never-terminating code path
An infinite loop is a sequence of instructions in a computer program that repeats endlessly because no termination condition is met.
The program gets stuck, often freezing or crashing: The bug caused an infinite loop that locked up the system.
Figuratively, any self-perpetuating cycle without exit: We're stuck in an infinite loop of meetings about meetings.
Process invoking itself
- iterationRepeated procedural pass
- bugCrawling creature or defect
- hangSuspend from above
- deadlockMutual blocking, no progress
stack overflow · memory leak · debugging · traceback · exception · breakpoint · termination · runtime error
Repeating sequence of events
- iterationRepeated procedural pass
- recurrenceReturn of something previous
- replayRepeated broadcast segment
- rerunRepeated broadcast
echo · recursion · round · sequence · series · reiteration · redundancy · reoccurrence
Mutual blocking, no progress
- impasseSituation without resolution
- standstillTotal cessation of movement
- gridlockComplete mutual obstruction
- stalemateMutual obstruction preventing progress
stuck · trap · rut · quagmire · limbo · holding pattern · going nowhere · spinning wheels
Infinite continuation of time
- endlessWithout termination or boundary
- timelessnessFreedom from temporal decay
- unendingLacking any terminus
- ceaselessWithout interruption or end
Intense weary annoyance
- irritationMild anger or inflammation
- impatienceIntolerance of delay
- helplessnessLacking ability to cope
- hopelessnessState without hope
despair · stuck · spinning · futility · tedium · monotony · Sisyphean
recursion
Process invoking itself
deadlock · stack overflow · memory leak · debugging · traceback · exception · breakpoint · termination · runtime error · halt
cycle
Repeating sequence of events
- iterationRepeated procedural pass
- recurrenceReturn of something previous
- replayRepeated broadcast segment
rerun · echo · recursion · round · sequence · series · reiteration · redundancy · reoccurrence · renewal
deadlock
Mutual blocking, no progress
- impasseSituation without resolution
- standstillTotal cessation of movement
- gridlockComplete mutual obstruction
stalemate · stuck · trap · rut · quagmire · limbo · holding pattern · going nowhere · spinning wheels · treadmill
perpetuity
Infinite continuation of time
- endlessWithout termination or boundary
- timelessnessFreedom from temporal decay
- unendingLacking any terminus
ceaseless · interminable · forever · boundless · ouroboros
exasperation
Intense weary annoyance
- irritationMild anger or inflammation
- impatienceIntolerance of delay
- helplessnessLacking ability to cope
hopelessness · despair · stuck · spinning · futility · tedium · monotony · Sisyphean
- antipatternsspaghetti code, dead code, code smell, technical debt, cargo cult
- Infinityendless, eternal, boundless, limitless, forever
- tech problemsbug, paper jam, low ink, dropped calls, bugs
- Computer Errorserror message, crash, warning, internal error, fatal error
- Nerd Humorerror messages, Schrodinger's cat, stack overflow, spaghetti code, rubber duck
- paradoxescatch-22, Zeno's paradox, Zeno's paradoxes, bootstrap paradox, self-contradiction
infinite looptermination
Act of ending something
for loop · halt · graceful exit · base case
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