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  • noun computing Any heuristic measure that combines the frequency and recency of visits to a given URI, used by some web browsers to rank URIs.

Etymologies

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Blend of frequency and recency

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  • 'Results are returned according to their frecency (a combination of frequency and recency of visits to that page) ensuring that you're seeing the most relevant matches.'

    mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/3.0rc2/releasenotes/

    June 5, 2008

  • Che brutezza, sono senza parole gia'.

    June 5, 2008

  • This word makes my ears bleed.

    June 9, 2008

  • This makes me think of "free" and "decency"...

    June 9, 2008

  • Sounds like a badly tuned FM radio.

    June 9, 2008

  • It makes me think of "Frecency Duetsche?"

    June 9, 2008