main loop

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main loop - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  main loop
  
     <programming> The top-level control flow construct in an
     input- or event-driven program, the one which receives and
     acts or dispatches on the program's input events.
  
     See also driver.
  
     [Jargon File]
  
     (2004-03-12)
  

main loop - Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003) :

  main loop
   n.
  
     The top-level control flow construct in an input- or event-driven
     program, the one which receives and acts or dispatches on the
     program's input. See also driver.