Lookaside
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Lookaside is a noun meaning (computing) The technique of searching for something in a precalculated cache before attempting a more time-consuming search elsewhere.
Meaning
(computing) The technique of searching for something in a precalculated cache before attempting a more time-consuming search elsewhere.
Word Forms
- lookasides
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include buffer, cache, lookup, miss, readahead, subsearch.
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