sequential
Following one another
Sequential describes things arranged or happening in a specific order, one after another.
Sequential numbering assigns numbers in succession.
Sequential processing handles items one at a time rather than simultaneously.
A sequential narrative follows events in the order they occurred.
The word emphasizes that position in the sequence matters: The steps must be completed in sequential order.
Ordered by time
- timelineOrdered display of events
- successiveFollowing without interruption
- consecutiveFollowing in unbroken sequence
- followingComing after another
ensuing · succeeding · back-to-back · uninterrupted · continual · epochs · eras · decades
Sequential forward movement
- successionFollowing in order
- chainLinked segments forming length
- seriesOrdered set of related items
- continuumUninterrupted, gradual sequence
arrangement · lineup · queue · string · train · cascade · stream · flow
Finite problem-solving procedure
- procedurePrescribed sequence of actions
- stepwiseProceeding by degrees
- systematicFollowing ordered procedures
- methodicalOrganized and deliberate
deduction · inference · reasoning · flowchart · process · conditional · iteration · loop
chronological
Ordered by time
- timelineOrdered display of events
- successiveFollowing without interruption
- consecutiveFollowing in unbroken sequence
following · ensuing · succeeding · back-to-back · uninterrupted · continual · epochs · eras · decades · centuries
progression
Sequential forward movement
- successionFollowing in order
- chainLinked segments forming length
- seriesOrdered set of related items
continuum · arrangement · lineup · queue · string · train · cascade · stream · flow · pattern
algorithm
Finite problem-solving procedure
- procedurePrescribed sequence of actions
- stepwiseProceeding by degrees
- systematicFollowing ordered procedures
methodical · deduction · inference · reasoning · flowchart · process · conditional · iteration · loop · branching
coding
Writing software instructions
- programmingWriting software instructions
- circuitClosed electrical pathway
- processorComponent that executes instructions
pipeline · buffer · stack · batch · execution · serial · parsing · instruction · compiler · threading
framework
Underlying support system
- hierarchyRanked authority structure
- outlineSummary of key elements
- schemaOrganized representational structure
blueprint · layout · schematic · matrix · network · topology · template · structure · diagram · architecture
- sequencefirst, second, third, fourth, fifth
- time wordsminute, hour, day, now, soon
- organizingorganizing, categorizing, grouping, structuring, classifying
- playback controlsplay, pause, stop, rewind, fast-forward
- sequence wordsfirst, second, third, next, fourth
- sequencesarithmetic, series, geometric, progressions, ordered
sequentialrandom
Occurring without pattern
unordered · disordered · haphazard · nonsequential · chaotic
sequentialsimultaneous
Happening at same time
concurrent · parallel · synchronous · contemporaneous · coexistent
sequentialdiscontinuous
Having breaks or gaps
nonconsecutive · intermittent · broken · sporadic · fragmented
- sequential logicLogic with memory elements
sequential logic, consequential, inconsequential, sequentially, nonsequential