(computer science) a single execution of a set of instructions that are to be repeated
<noun.process> the solution took hundreds of iterations
(computer science) executing the same set of instructions a given number of times or until a specified result is obtained
<noun.process> the solution is obtained by iteration
doing or saying again; a repeated performance
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Iteration \It`er*a"tion\, n. [L. iteratio.] 1. Recital or performance a second time; repetition. --Bacon.
What needs this iteration, woman? --Shak.
2. (Computers) The execution of a statement or series of statements in a loop which is repeated in a computer program; as, at each iteration, the counter is incremented by 2. [PJC]