.. _recursion-glossary:

Glossary
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conditional:
    A block of statements that may or may not be executed depending on
    some condition.

chaining:
    A way of joining several conditional statements in sequence.

nesting:
    Putting a conditional statement inside one or both branches of
    another conditional statement.

recursion:
    The process of calling the same function you are currently
    executing.

infinite recursion:
    A function that calls itself recursively without every reaching the
    base case. Eventually an infinite recursion will cause a run-time
    error.


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         conditional
            A block of statements that may or may not be executed depending on some condition.
         recursion
            The process of calling the same function you are currently executing.
         infinite recursion
            The process of making recursive calls without every reaching the base case.
         chaining
            A way of joining several conditional statements in sequence.
         nesting
            Putting a conditional statement inside one or both branches of another conditional statement.