infinite loop

An infinite loop is a sequence of instructions in a computer program which loops endlessly.

Looping is repeating a set of instructions until a specific condition is met. An infinite loop occurs when the condition will never be met, due to some inherent characteristic of the loop. It lacks a functional exit so that it repeats indefinitely and causes the loop to start over.

An infinite loop is sometimes called an endless loop where a piece of program is executed repeatedly with no hope of stopping. It might cause errors if the condition for exiting the loop is wrong, though it may be intentional if the program is controlling an embedded system which is supposed to run continuously until it is turned off (i.e., Slider Infinite Loop option in WordPress CherryFramework 4 templates turns the portfolio slider loop mode on so that the items in the slider are continuously repeated and never stop).