"space-time trade-off" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: space-time trade-offs [plural]
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  1. (computer science) A case where an algorithm or program trades increased space usage with decreased time, in which space refers to the data storage consumed in performing a given task and time refers to the time consumed in performing a given task. Categories (topical): Computer science Synonyms: time-memory trade-off

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