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time complexity

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.02 in modern English

Syllables
time -com-plex-i-ty
IPA
32
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The amount of time an algorithm requires to run, as a function of the amount of input, measured in such a way as to ignore constant terms and multiplication by constant terms.

Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

time complexities (plural)

Phrases

big O notation

Frequently Paired Words

big O notation space complexity time-space complexity

Questions

What does time complexity mean?
The amount of time an algorithm requires to run, as a function of the amount of input, measured in such a way as to ignore constant terms and multiplication by constant terms.

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