main loop

from Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003)

main loop
 n.

   The top-level control flow construct in an input- or event-driven
   program, the one which receives and acts or dispatches on the
   program's input. See also {driver}.

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

main loop

   <programming> The top-level {control flow} construct in an
   input- or {event-driven} program, the one which receives and
   acts or dispatches on the program's input {events}.

   See also {driver}.

   [{Jargon File}]

   (2004-03-12)