statement
smallest standalone element of an imperative programming language that expresses some action to be carried out
conditional
programming language construct that performs actions according to boolean conditions
assignment
programming operation of setting or re-setting the value associated with a variable name
atomic broadcast
broadcast where all receivers receive the same sequence of messages
assertion
in computer programming, statement that a predicate is always true at that point in code execution
COMMIT
SQL statement that executes a database commit
SYS
BASIC statement (C64, C128, VC20, C16, C116 and Plus/4)
SHOW
SQL statement
goto
statement invoking one-way transfer of program control in many languages
return statement
programming statement that stops execution of the current subroutine, optionally passing back a return value to the code that called the subroutine
Document Type Declaration
instruction that associates a particular SGML or XML document with a document type definition (DTD)
macro
preprocessing rule in computer languages that specifies how an input text usually identified by a definable keyword or sequence is mapped to a frequently larger output text
outlawing
process of outlawing something that was previously legal
code block
computer programming term; section of code which is grouped together
loop
repeating section of a computer program
control structure
construct in an imperative programming language that specifies control flow