binary search (English, noun)
expansion: binary search (countable and uncountable, plural binary searches)
Senses:
topics: computing
computing-theory
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: 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.
tags: countable
uncountable
Forms:
form: binary searches
tags: plural