binary searches

A form of binary search — 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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noun
  1. pluralplural of binary search
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