dancing links
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English
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Etymology
[edit]The name was suggested by Donald Knuth, because iterations of the algorithm cause the links to interact as if in an “exquisitely choreographed dance”.
Noun
[edit]- (computing theory) A technique for reverting the deletion of a node from a circular doubly-linked list, particularly useful for efficiently implementing backtracking algorithms.
- Synonym: (abbreviation) DLX