"radix tree" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: radix trees [plural]
Rhymes: -iː Head templates: {{en-noun}} radix tree (plural radix trees)
  1. (computing theory) A space-optimized trie data structure in which each node that is the only child is merged with its parent. Wikipedia link: radix tree Categories (topical): Theory of computing Hyponyms: Patricia tree

Inflected forms

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