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lazy evaluation

lazy evaluation noun: any of a variety of computing techniques that delay the computation of expressions until (and unless) the results are needed.

Noun

lazy evaluation (plural lazy evaluations)

  1. Any of a variety of computing techniques that delay the computation of expressions until (and unless) the results are needed.
    • By default, Haskell uses an execution strategy called lazy evaluation. Under laziness, an expression is never evaluated until it is needed for the evaluation of a larger one.[2014, Alejandro Serrano Mena, Beginning Haskell: A Project-Based Approach, Apress, →ISBN, page 5

Antonyms of lazy evaluation

  • eager evaluation
  • strict evaluation

Forms of lazy evaluation

plurallazy evaluations

Questions about lazy evaluation

What does lazy evaluation mean?
Lazy evaluation means any of a variety of computing techniques that delay the computation of expressions until (and unless) the results are needed.
What part of speech is lazy evaluation?
Lazy evaluation is a noun.
What is the plural of lazy evaluation?
The plural of lazy evaluation is lazy evaluations.

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