"memoize" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-uk-memoize.ogg [UK] Forms: memoizes [present, singular, third-person], memoizing [participle, present], memoized [participle, past], memoized [past]
Etymology: From memo + -ize. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|memo|ize}} memo + -ize Head templates: {{en-verb}} memoize (third-person singular simple present memoizes, present participle memoizing, simple past and past participle memoized)
  1. (transitive, computing) To store (the result of a computation) so that it can be subsequently retrieved without repeating the computation. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Computing Derived forms: memoization Translations (Translations): memoisieren (German), memoizzare (Italian), メモ化 (memoka) (Japanese)

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