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exit

(1) To get out of the current mode or quit the program. Contrast with launch.

(2) In programming, to get out of the loop, routine or function that the computer is currently in.


exit
1. Theatre the act of going offstage
2. Bridge
a. the act of losing the lead deliberately
b. a card enabling one to do this

exit [′eg·zət]
(computer science)
A way of terminating a repeated cycle of operations in a computer program.
A place at which such a cycle can be stopped.
(engineering)
A door, passage, or place of egress.


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Despite strong support for high school exit exams among some parents of minority students, a recent study shows that no states adopted new exit exam requirements last school year, breaking a trend.
Hirschman's book Exit, Voice and Loyalty (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1970) to explain why some actors are less likely to try to influence policy in Japan (voice), instead simply choosing to exit from the political process and pursue other goals.
LANCASTER -- Scores of Antelope Valley Union High School District students taking the high school English exit exam improved over the year before, results released Tuesday show.
 
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