“Monkey branching is when a person stays in their current relationship, even though they know they want to leave, in order to line up their next partner,” said clinical psychologist Sabrina Romanoff.

Computers calculate, compare and copy, and the compare instruction is the primary branching logic. The compare evaluates two items of data. One path is taken if the items are equal in value or one is ...

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