"lookaside" meaning in English

See lookaside in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: lookasides [plural]
Etymology: Deverbal from look aside. Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} lookaside (countable and uncountable, plural lookasides)
  1. (computing) The technique of searching for something in a precalculated cache before attempting a more time-consuming search elsewhere. Wikipedia link: Translation lookaside buffer Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Computing Related terms: lookahead, lookaround, lookbehind

Inflected forms

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        "(computing) The technique of searching for something in a precalculated cache before attempting a more time-consuming search elsewhere."
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