"splay tree" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: splay trees [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} splay tree (plural splay trees)
  1. (computing theory) A self-balancing binary search tree with the additional property that recently accessed elements are quick to access again. Wikipedia link: splay tree Categories (topical): Theory of computing Translations (self-adjusting search tree): splay-puu (Finnish), mukautuva puu (Finnish), árbol biselado [masculine] (Spanish)

Inflected forms

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