Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

first-fit

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.92 in modern English

Syllables
first--fit
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or relating to a fast but non-optimal algorithm for the Bin packing problem, placing each item into the first bin in which it will fit.

Questions

What does first-fit mean?
Of or relating to a fast but non-optimal algorithm for the Bin packing problem, placing each item into the first bin in which it will fit.

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