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Alderson loop
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n. [Intel] A special version of an infinite loop where there is an exit
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condition available, but inaccessible in the current implementation of the
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code. Typically this is created while debugging user interface code. An
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example would be when there is a menu stating, Select 1-3 or 9 to quit and 9
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is not allowed by the function that takes the selection from the user. This
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term received its name from a programmer who had coded a modal message box
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in MSAccess with no Ok or Cancel buttons, thereby disabling the entire
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program whenever the box came up. The message box had the proper code for
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dismissal and even was set up so that when the non-existent Ok button was
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pressed the proper code would be called.
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