program logic
nounUK /ˈprəʊ.ɡræm ˈlɒdʒ.ɪk/
US /ˈproʊ.ɡræm ˈlɑː.dʒɪk/
The step-by-step plan a computer follows to do a job.
The teacher showed us the program logic behind the game so we could see how it decides what happens next.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. The order in which a computer program carries out its steps.
A bug in the program logic made the app skip the last step.
3. The rules and decisions written into a program that tell it what to do in each situation.
The engineers reviewed the program logic before adding the new feature.
4. A diagram or plan that shows how a program works before it is written.
She drew the program logic on the whiteboard so the team could follow it.