Infinite Loop N. One That Never Terminates (that I

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infinite loop n.

One that never terminates (that is, the
machine spins or buzzes forever and goes catato
There is a standard joke that has been made about each generation's
exemplar of the ultra-fast machine: "The Cray-3 is so fast it can
execute an infinite loop in under 2 seconds!"

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