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  • verb Present participle of precompute.

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Examples

  • But the computer also generated multiple threat warnings, and target acquisition radars automatically powered up into standby - precomputing firing solutions.

    Genellan- Planetfall Gier, Scott 2005

  • Additionally, precomputing the answer to queries is too slow.

    Zach Klein Universal Feed 2010

  • So we've, again, done some precomputing on the indexes to do temporal spatial queries.

    Planet MySQL Tim O'Reilly 2010

  • We do some precomputing on the write to help with those types of queries.

    Planet MySQL Tim O'Reilly 2010

  • If the divisor is not known until runtime is there still a benefit to precomputing the inverse (assuming this division occurs more than once)?

    reddit.com: what's new online! 2010

  • Additionally, precomputing the answer to queries is too slow.

    Original Signal - Transmitting Web 2.0 2010

  • Additionally, precomputing the answer to queries is too slow.

    Original Signal - Transmitting Web 2.0 2010

  • Before precomputing an ordinary calculation, consider that if retrieval of the precomputed result can lead to an additional cache miss, the replaced computation must cost at least 100 instructions to break even.

    doggdot.us 2008

  • -- no bulky engines used here, rather only their own custom-made precomputing global illumination package to achieve just the right look with little cost on the user end.

    Neoseeker News Feed 2010

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