Like a loop within a loop, in programming (6)

I believe the answer is:

nested

(Other definitions for nested that I've seen before include "Inhabited an egg-laying place" , "intricate arrangement" , "Settled in comfortably, snuggled up" , "Built accommodation in a tree" , "Settled in comfortably like bird" .)

I've seen this clue in the Universal.

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