"Fenwick tree" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Fenwick trees [plural]
Etymology: Named for Peter Fenwick who described the concept in 1994. Head templates: {{en-noun}} Fenwick tree (plural Fenwick trees)
  1. (computer science) A data structure that maintains prefix sums over a list of numbers while allowing dynamic updates and queries in logarithmic time. Wikipedia link: Peter Fenwick Categories (topical): Computer science Synonyms: binary indexed tree

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