Programming Terms Explained

We've all been there: you come across a new programming term and think to yourself, "Hmm, what's that mean?" A few esoteric Wikipedia definitions later, and...nope, still no clue. Ugh, let's see if we can fix that.

In this series, each episode provides a short bite-sized explanation of one common, yet confusing programming term.

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Episodes: 1
Run Time: 3m
Difficulty: Beginner
Last Updated: Feb 2, 2019
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1. Memoize
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  "An optimization technique used primarily to speed up programs by storing the results of expensive function calls and returning the cached result when the same inputs occur again."

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