"binary chop" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: binary chops [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} binary chop (countable and uncountable, plural binary chops)
  1. The use of binary search to eliminate a subset of values from a possible set. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-binary_chop-en-noun-tMKn7fnm Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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