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Also known as EDP

programming paradigm

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In computer programming, event-driven programming is a programming paradigm in which the flow of the program is determined by external events. User interface (UI) events from keyboards and mice, touchpads and touchscreens, and external sensor inputs are common cases. Events may also be programmatically generated, such as from messages from other programs, notifications from other threads, or other network events.

Event-driven programming is the dominant paradigm used in graphical user interface (GUI) applications and network servers.

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