conditional jump

conditional jump

[kən′dish·ən·əl ′jəmp]

(computer science)

A computer instruction that will cause the proper one of two or more addresses to be used in obtaining the next instruction, depending on some property of a numerical expression that may be the result of some previous instruction. Also known as conditional branch; conditional transfer; decision instruction; discrimination; IF statement.

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