interleaving

American  

[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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Example Sentences

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

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

The effect of interleaving is exceptionally robust in the lab, in terms of aiding memory, and there is certainly nothing to object to in this particular study.

From New York Times • Sep. 2, 2013

His method of study was to impress the contents of his books upon his memory by abridging them, and by interleaving them, to amplify one system with supplements from another.

From The Psalms of David Imitated in the Language of the New Testament and Applied to the Christian State and Worship by Watts, Isaac