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event-driven

event-driven adjective: of a program: such that the program flow is determined by events.

Adjective

event-driven (comparative more event-driven, superlative most event-driven)

  1. Of a program: such that the program flow is determined by events.
    Synonyms:
    event-based

Synonyms of event-driven

Forms of event-driven

comparativemore event-driven
superlativemost event-driven

Words formed from event-driven

Phrases with event-driven

Questions about event-driven

What does event-driven mean?
Event-driven means of a program: such that the program flow is determined by events.
What part of speech is event-driven?
Event-driven is an adjective.

Words near event-driven in the dictionary

  1. event times
  2. event tree
  3. event trees
  4. event-based
  5. event-based programming
  6. event-driven
  7. event-driven architecture
  8. event-driven architectures
  9. event-driven programming
  10. event-goer
  11. event-goers

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