"AA tree" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: AA trees [plural]
Etymology: From the initials of its inventor Arne Andersson. Coined by Mark Allen Weiss in 1994. Head templates: {{en-noun}} AA tree (plural AA trees)
  1. (computer science) A form of balanced binary tree used for storing and retrieving ordered data efficiently, a variation of the red-black tree.

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