Lookahead
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Lookahead is a noun meaning (regular expressions) The analysis of the subsequent characters before the regular expression is matched.
Meaning
(regular expressions) The analysis of the subsequent characters before the regular expression is matched.
More Meanings
- (computing, software compilation) The analysis in advance of subsequent decisions that would be made if a particular branch of an algorithm was followed.
Example Sentences
Our computer chess program uses lookahead to avoid difficult endgames.
Word Forms
- lookaheads
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include adders, carry, adder, runahead, precomputation, precalculation.
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