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Meaning of lookahead | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. The analysis in advance of subsequent decisions that would be made if a particular branch of an algorithm was followed.
  2. The analysis of the subsequent characters before the regular expression is matched.

Examples

“Our computer chess program uses lookahead to avoid difficult endgames.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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