What is the meaning of the word "iteration"?

Definitions:

  1. (computer science) a single execution of a set of instructions that are to be repeated copy to clipboard noun
    • the solution took hundreds of iterations copy to clipboard
  2. (computer science) executing the same set of instructions a given number of times or until a specified result is obtained copy to clipboard noun
    • the solution is obtained by iteration copy to clipboard

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