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table lookup

A Dictionary of Computing | 2004 | 329 words | Copyright

table lookup (TLU) A fast method of transforming one set of data values into another. The target data are stored in the form of a table. In order to perform the transformation, a source datum is used to index into or search the table of target data. The resulting target datum is the result of the table lookup. See also hashing.

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