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Noun
binary search (countable and uncountable, plural binary searches)
- (computing theory) A search for a value within a sorted array by repeatedly comparing the target value with the middle element; if they are unequal, the half in which the target cannot lie is eliminated and the comparison is repeated on the remaining half.
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search for a value
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