big O notation
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English
Etymology
From the capital letter O (short for order, originally German Ordnung) used in the notation.
Pronunciation
Noun
- (mathematics, computing theory) A particular notation, useful in the analysis of algorithms, which describes the limiting behavior of a function when the argument tends towards a particular value or infinity, usually in terms of simpler functions.
See also
Further reading
- big O notation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia