(computer science) executing the same set of instructions a given number of times or until a specified result is obtained; "the solution is obtained by iteration"
(computer science) a single execution of a set of instructions that are to be repeated; "the solution took hundreds of iterations"
briefly giving the gist of something; "a short and compendious book"; "a compact style is brief and pithy"; "succinct comparisons"; "a summary formulation of a wide-ranging subject"
acting or arriving or performed exactly at the time appointed; "she expected guests to be punctual at meals"; "he is not a particularly punctual person"; "punctual payment"