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Algorithms & data structures
The optimization of programming methods and organization of information to achieve a desired result more efficiently.
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difference
Computer science; Algorithms & data structures
The difference of set A minus set B is a set having all the members which are in A, but not in B.
Manhattan distance
Computer science; Algorithms & data structures
The distance between two points measured along axes at right angles. In a plane with p 1 at (x 1 , y 1 ) and p 2 at (x 2 , y 2 ), it is
offset
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The distance from the beginning of a string to the end of a segment in that string.
root
Computer science; Algorithms & data structures
The distinguished initial or fundamental item of a tree. The only item which has no parent.
single program multiple data (SPMD)
Computer science; Algorithms & data structures
The dominant style of parallel programming, where all processors use the same program, though each has its own data.
dual
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The dual of a planar graph, G, is a graph with a vertex for each region in G and an edge between vertices for each pair of adjacent regions. The new edge crosses the edge in G which is the boundary ...
suffix
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The end characters of a string. More formally a string v is a suffix of a string u if u=u'v for some string u'.
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