precalculating
Figuring out early
Precalculating is computing values or results in advance, before they're needed.
Software might precalculate render times to optimize performance.
A chess player precalculates several moves ahead.
The practice trades upfront computation for faster retrieval later: The system improves response time by precalculating common queries.
Estimating future conditions
- estimationApproximate value judgment
- projectionSomething that extends outward
- budgetingAllocating funds systematically
- schedulingAssigning times to events
logistics · provisioning · contingency · scenario · modeling · prediction · preparation · anticipation
Finite problem-solving procedure
- optimizationMaximizing efficiency or performance
- cacheConcealed storage spot
- preprocessingInitial data preparation steps
- precomputationCalculating before needed
tabulation · hashing · indexing · runtime · compilation · rendering · interpolation · matrix
Increase in pace
- performanceCarrying out a task
- throughputProcessing rate over time
- latencyDelay in system response
- overheadLocated directly above
bottleneck · tradeoff · benchmarking · profiling · parallelism · scalability · scheduling · heuristic
forecasting
Estimating future conditions
- estimationApproximate value judgment
- projectionSomething that extends outward
- budgetingAllocating funds systematically
scheduling · logistics · provisioning · contingency · scenario · modeling · prediction · preparation · anticipation · strategy
algorithm
Finite problem-solving procedure
- optimizationMaximizing efficiency or performance
- cacheConcealed storage spot
- preprocessingInitial data preparation steps
precomputation · tabulation · hashing · indexing · runtime · compilation · rendering · interpolation · matrix · transformation
speedup
Increase in pace
- performanceCarrying out a task
- throughputProcessing rate over time
- latencyDelay in system response
overhead · bottleneck · tradeoff · benchmarking · profiling · parallelism · scalability · scheduling · heuristic · bandwidth
precalculatingimprovising
Creating spontaneously without plan
winging it · guessing · estimating · eyeballing · ad-libbing
precalculate, precalculated, calculate, calculated, calculates, calculating, calculation, calculations, calculator