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conditional branch

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conditional branch
In programming, an instruction that directs the computer to another part of the program based on the results of a compare. In the following (simulated) assembly language example, the second line is the conditional branch.

COMPARE FIELDA with FIELDB
GOTO MATCHROUTINE if EQUAL.

High-level language statements, such as IF THEN ELSE and CASE, are used to express the compare and conditional branch.
conditional branch [kən′dish·ən·əl ′branch]
(computer science)


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Freudenberger, "Predicting Conditional Branch Direction From Previous Runs of a Program," Proc.
Conditional branch scripting is very easy to set up to take care of customer objections.
After the application is executed, G-Cover generates a report showing which tagged blocks and conditional branch targets were covered by the test.
 
 
 
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