Memoization

How it is used

Often used with recursion and dynamic programming to avoid repeated calculation. It helps when identical inputs appear many times during execution.

Example sentences

1. After adding memoization, the pricing function stopped recalculating the same discount tree for every request.

   Here the term means keeping earlier results so repeated calls with identical data return quickly instead of doing the full work again.

2. The candidate used memoization in the recursive solution, which reduced the runtime enough to pass the larger tests.

   In this sentence, the term refers to caching intermediate recursive results to avoid solving the same subproblem many times.

Common collocations

• use memoization
• memoization cache
• memoization technique

Related terms

• recursionA technique where a function solves a problem by calling itself on a smaller part of the same problem until it reaches a simple case.
• algorithmA clear, step-by-step method for solving a problem or doing a task, such as sorting a list or finding the shortest route between two points.

More terms: Data Structures and Algorithms

• data structure
• array
• iterate
• hash map
• Big O notation
• time complexity
• index
• sort
• stack
• queue
• linked list
• tree