iterations
Repeated cycles through
Iterations are repetitions of a process, each cycle building on or refining what came before.
In software development, iterations are successive versions of a product, each incorporating feedback: We'll address that bug in the next iteration.
The word emphasizes incremental progress—not mere repetition, but repetition toward improvement.
Scientists run iterations of experiments; designers produce iterations of prototypes.
Curve closing on itself
- loopingMoving in circles
- cycleRepeating sequence of events
- recurringHappening repeatedly over time
- repetitionAct of redoing
recurrence · rehearsal · practice · drill · routine · rerun · replay · reprise
Finite problem-solving procedure
- recursionProcess invoking itself
- convergenceProcess of approaching sameness
- loopingMoving in circles
- optimizationMaximizing efficiency or performance
runtime · execution · sequence · parallelism · threading · batch · automation · workflow
Altering to improve
- polishingSmoothing by friction
- enhancementIncrease in quality
- optimizationMaximizing efficiency or performance
- tuningAdjusting pitch accuracy
fine-tuning · tweaking · adjustment · correction · improvement · amendment · upgrading · honing
loop
Curve closing on itself
repetition · recurrence · rehearsal · practice · drill · routine · rerun · replay · reprise · redundancy
algorithm
Finite problem-solving procedure
- recursionProcess invoking itself
- convergenceProcess of approaching sameness
- loopingMoving in circles
optimization · runtime · execution · sequence · parallelism · threading · batch · automation · workflow · subroutine
revision
Altering to improve
- polishingSmoothing by friction
- enhancementIncrease in quality
- optimizationMaximizing efficiency or performance
tuning · fine-tuning · tweaking · adjustment · correction · improvement · amendment · upgrading · honing · perfecting
prototype
First functional specimen
- prototypingMaking preliminary models
- alphaFirst Greek letter
- betaGreek alphabet's second letter
versioning · milestone · sprint · release · revision · drafting · design · wireframe · mockup · conceptualization
- experimentsexperiment, experiments, test, tests, trials
- projectsproject, projects, tasks, milestones, deadlines
- sequencessequence, arithmetic, series, geometric, progressions
- R&DR&D, r and d, research labs, applied research, basic research
- ML settingshyperparameters, learning rate, epochs, dropout, regularization
- Parametric Designparameters, Grasshopper, algorithms, nodes, sliders
iterationsone-off
Singular, unrepeated instance
single instance · one shot · once · one time · one-and-done
iterationsfinal version
Completed, approved iteration
finished product · finality · completion · fixed form · end state
- new iterationSuccessive modified version
- design iterationRepeated refinement of concept