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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.

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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

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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.