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Nest (bird)

A rounded structure woven from twigs and mud by a bird to lay eggs and rear chicks.

First in use: ancient / pre-modern
Duplicate · right

Nesting (computing)

Placing programmatic constructs (such as conditional loops or functions) directly inside one another.

First in use: the 1950s

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Twigs vs. nested loops.

Which meaning of Nest is the original, and which one is the duplicate riding on its name? Nest (bird) came first (ancient / pre-modern). Nesting (computing) arrived in the 1950s. The data below shows which one owns the word now.

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