Hoare logic

== English == === Etymology === Proposed in 1969 by the British computer scientist and logician Tony Hoare. === Noun === Hoare logic (countable and uncountable, plural Hoare logics) (computing theory) A formal system of rules for reasoning about the correctness of computer programs, based on Hoare triples, which describe the state of the system before and after various operations. Synonym: Floyd-Hoare logic