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lazy initialisation

lazy initialisation noun: a creational design pattern that uses the tactic of delaying an expensive process, like the creation of an object, until the first time it is needed.

Noun

lazy initialisation (countable and uncountable, plural lazy initialisations)

  1. A creational design pattern that uses the tactic of delaying an expensive process, like the creation of an object, until the first time it is needed.

Forms of lazy initialisation

plurallazy initialisations
alternative formlazy initialization

Questions about lazy initialisation

What does lazy initialisation mean?
Lazy initialisation means a creational design pattern that uses the tactic of delaying an expensive process, like the creation of an object, until the first time it is needed.
What part of speech is lazy initialisation?
Lazy initialisation is a noun.
What is the plural of lazy initialisation?
The plural of lazy initialisation is lazy initialisations.

Words near lazy initialisation in the dictionary

  1. lazy evaluations
  2. lazy eye
  3. lazy eyes
  4. lazy girl job
  5. lazy girl jobs
  6. lazy initialisation
  7. lazy initialisations
  8. lazy initialization
  9. lazy initializations
  10. lazy jack
  11. lazy jacks

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