lazy load

Meanings

verblazy load (third-person singular simple present lazy loads, present participle lazy loading, simple past and past participle lazy loaded)

present singular third person lazy loads · participle present lazy loading · participle past lazy loaded · past lazy loaded · alternative lazy-load

computingTo fetch data only when it is absolutely required.
Collection-valued relationships lazy load by default, so the EAGER fetch type must be explicitly applied to those mappings if eager loading is desired.
2006, Mike Keith, Merrick Schincariol, Pro EJB 3: Java Persistence API, Apress, →ISBN, page 151
Antonyms: eager load

verbTo fetch data only when it is absolutely required.

Opposite

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