Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

patricia tree

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.73 in modern English

Syllables: pa-tri-ci-a tree
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A radix tree with radix of 2, meaning that each bit of the key is compared individually and each node is a two-way branch.

Example Sentences

"A Patricia tree stores keys in its internal nodes, while would-be leaf pointers point to internal node."

Etymology

Coined by Donald R. Morrison in 1968, as an acronym of practical algorithm to retrieve information coded in alphanumeric, designed to spell out the name Patricia.

Inflected Forms

Patricia trees (plural) Patricia trie (alternative)

Phrases

Merkle-Patricia tree

Questions

What does patricia tree mean?: A radix tree with radix of 2, meaning that each bit of the key is compared individually and each node is a two-way branch.
Where does patricia tree come from?: Coined by Donald R. Morrison in 1968, as an acronym of practical algorithm to retrieve information coded in alphanumeric, designed to spell out the name Patricia.

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