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In computing, a programming instruction that causes the computer to branch to a different part of a program, rather than execute the next instruction in the program sequence. Unconditional jumps are always executed; conditional jumps are only executed if a particular condition is satisfied.
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A well-known trainer, in his riding days, fell on the far side at Chepstow in very thick fog, and believing the race was over, remounted and jumped the rails back on to the racecourse.
Classic FM depresses the staff - but I like it when I'm driving; THE ... by The Racing Post (London, England)
Occasionally we would realize a cow or horse had jumped the rails, and my cowboy-husband would rope them in before the police did.
With a tire on top by Moody, Kathryn B. / Mississippi Magazine
The 74-year-old's first brush with death came in 1962 when a train he was travelling on from Sarajevo to Dubrovnik jumped the rails and plunged into an icy river.
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