lazy initialisation

noun

A creational design pattern that uses the tactic of delaying an expensive process, like the creation of an object, until the first time it is needed.

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Meanings

nounlazy initialisation (countable and uncountable, plural lazy initialisations)

plural lazy initialisations · alternative lazy initialization

  1. countableuncountablecomputingA creational design pattern that uses the tactic of delaying an expensive process, like the creation of an object, until the first time it is needed.
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