"partial evaluation" meaning in English

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Noun

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  1. (computing theory) A technique for program optimization by specialization, so as to produce new programs which run faster than the originals while guaranteed to behave in the same way. Wikipedia link: partial evaluation Categories (topical): Theory of computing Hyponyms: autoprojection
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