"lazy evaluation" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: lazy evaluations [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} lazy evaluation (plural lazy evaluations)
  1. (computing) Any of a variety of computing techniques that delay the computation of expressions until (and unless) the results are needed. Wikipedia link: lazy evaluation Categories (topical): Computing Related terms: lazy initialisation

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