exponential time

noun

An algorithm whose running time increases as an exponential function of the size of its input.

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Meanings

nounexponential time (countable and uncountable, plural exponential times)

plural exponential times

  1. countableuncountablecomputerAn algorithm whose running time increases as an exponential function of the size of its input.
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