flow of control

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flow of control - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  control flow
  flow of control
  
     <programming> (Or "flow of control") The sequence of execution
     of instructions in a program.  This is determined at run time
     by the input data and by the control structures (e.g. "if"
     statements) used in the program.
  
     Not to be confused with "flow control".
  
     (1997-09-14)