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interleaving

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[in-ter-lee-ving] / ˌɪn tərˈli vɪŋ /

noun

Computers.
  1. a method for making data retrieval more efficient by rearranging or renumbering the sectors on a hard disk or by splitting a computer's main memory into sections so that the sectors or sections can be read in alternating cycles.


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And critically, there is overlap between cases in which A beats B and A loses to C. This interleaving of the numbers on the faces enables the intransitivity.

From Scientific American ● Sep. 19, 2023

Like Stephen King, another inspiration here, Knausgaard stays shoulder-close to his characters, his paragraphs mimicking the erratic interleaving of their thoughts.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2021

In her script, Bioh imbued Shakespeare’s characters with the language and culture of these various communities, interleaving the Elizabethan speech with references to palm wine, jollof rice and cocoyams.

From New York Times ● Jul. 6, 2021

Both wedging and interleaving can be quantified in units of radius of curvature, so are ideal for characterizing curved epithelia.

From Nature ● Sep. 9, 2018

This ingenious interleaving of the Bible and the Peerage found a host of admirers.

From Art in England Notes and Studies by Dutton Cook

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