"van Emde Boas tree" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: van Emde Boas trees [plural]
Etymology: Named after Peter van Emde Boas. Head templates: {{en-noun|head=van Emde Boas tree}} van Emde Boas tree (plural van Emde Boas trees)
  1. (computer science) A tree data structure that implements an associative array with keys of up to m bits. It can perform all operations in a time proportional to the log of the size of its largest element, or equivalently with an upper bound equal to the logarithm of 2 multiplied by m. Wikipedia link: Peter van Emde Boas Categories (topical): Computer science

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