Meanings
nounWallace tree (plural Wallace trees)
plural Wallace trees
- computingAn efficient hardware implementation of a digital circuit that multiplies two integers.
Origin
Devised by Australian computer scientist Chris Wallace in 1964.
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Wallace tree. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Wallace%20tree
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