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10 Language-to-English DictionariesIterator
Pronunciation / Transliteration: i-te-ʁaːtoːɐ̯
"Der Iterator durchläuft die Elemente der Liste nacheinander."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
An object that enables a programmer to traverse through all the elements of a collection, regardless of its specific implementation.
"The loop uses an iterator to access each item in the list sequentially." - 2
A construct or mechanism that performs iteration or repetition of a process.
"An internal iterator automatically handles the progression through the dataset."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Latin verb iterare (to repeat), formed with the agent suffix -tor. It entered modern technical English and computer science terminology in the mid-20th century to describe software constructs that traverse a container or collection sequentially.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Iterator" is said worldwide
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itérateur
Transliteration: i-té-ra-teur
"L'itérateur permet de parcourir tous les éléments de la collection."
Iterator
Transliteration: i-te-ʁaːtoːɐ̯
"Der Iterator durchläuft die Elemente der Liste nacheinander."
iteratore
Transliteration: i-te-ra-to-re
"L'iteratore scorre tutti gli elementi della collezione."
iterador
Transliteration: i-te-ra-dor
"El iterador permite recorrer los elementos de la lista."
iterador
Transliteration: i-te-ra-dor
"O iterador percorre cada elemento da estrutura de dados."
इटरेटर
Transliteration: iterator
"यह इटरेटर सूची के सभी तत्वों को एक-एक करके एक्सेस करता है।"
迭代器
Transliteration: dié dài qì
"使用迭代器可以遍历集合中的所有元素。"
반복자
Transliteration: ban-bok-ja
"반복자는 컬렉션의 요소를 순회하는 데 사용됩니다."
イテレータ
Transliteration: iterēta
"イテレータを使用してコレクション内の要素を順番に処理します。"
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