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binary searches

binary searches is the plural of binary search.

Meaning of binary search

Noun

binary search (countable and uncountable, plural binary searches)

  1. A search for a value within a sorted array by repeatedly comparing the target value with the middle element; if they are unequal, the half in which the target cannot lie is eliminated and the comparison is repeated on the remaining half.

Questions about binary searches

What is binary searches the plural of?
Binary searches is the plural of binary search.

Words near binary searches in the dictionary

  1. binary question
  2. binary questions
  3. binary relation
  4. binary relations
  5. binary search
  6. binary searches
  7. binary star
  8. binary star system
  9. binary star systems
  10. binary stars
  11. binary system

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