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DIVIDE AND CONQUER

Specialty Definition: DIVIDE AND CONQUER

DomainDefinition

Computing

A problem-solving approach in which operators are used to change a single problem into several subproblems(which are usually easier to solve). Source: European Union. (references)

Math

An algorithmic technique. To solve a problem on an instance of size n, a solution is found either directly because solving that instance is easy (typically, because the instance is small) or the instance is divided into two or more smaller instances. Each of these smaller instances is recursively solved, and the solutions are combined to produce a solution for the original instance. (references)

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Specialty Definition: Divide and conquer

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Divide an conquer can mean either:

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Divide and conquer."

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Crosswords: DIVIDE AND CONQUER

Specialty definitions using "DIVIDE AND CONQUER": divide and marriage before conquestpipelined divide and conquerquicksortZAPP. (references)

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Modern Usage: DIVIDE AND CONQUER

DomainUsage

Movie/TV Titles

Divide and Conquer (1943)

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Commercial Usage: DIVIDE AND CONQUER

DomainTitle

Books

  • Tom Clancy's Op-Center: Divide and Conquer (Tom Clancy's Op Center) (reference)

  • Divide and Conquer : Target Your Customers Through Market Segmentation (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Theater & Movies

  • Why We Fight World War II - Divide and Conquer / The Battle of Britain (reference)

    (more DVD examples; more video examples)

  

Music

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Modern Translation: DIVIDE AND CONQUER

Language Translations for "DIVIDE AND CONQUER"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

del-og-hersk teknik (goal reduction, problem decomposition, problem reduction), problemreduktion (goal reduction, problem decomposition, problem reduction), problemdekomponering (goal reduction, problem decomposition, problem reduction), målreduktion (goal reduction, problem decomposition, problem reduction). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

verdeel en heers (goal reduction, problem decomposition, problem reduction), probleemreductie (goal reduction, problem decomposition, problem reduction), probleemdecompositie (goal reduction, problem decomposition, problem reduction). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

ongelman hajottaminen osiin (goal reduction, problem decomposition, problem reduction). (various references)

   

French

  

représentation en réduction de problèmes, raisonnement par décomposition de problèmes, réduction du problème. (various references)

   

German

  

Zielreduktion (goal reduction, problem decomposition, problem reduction). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

αναγωγή στόχου (goal reduction, problem decomposition, problem reduction), αναγωγή προβλήματος (goal reduction, problem decomposition, problem reduction), αποσύνθεση προβλήματος (goal reduction, problem decomposition, problem reduction), διαίρει και κυρίευε (goal reduction, problem decomposition, problem reduction). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

oszd meg és uralkodj. (various references)

   

Italian

  

tecnica divide et impera (goal reduction, problem decomposition, problem reduction), scomposizione del problema (goal reduction, problem decomposition, problem reduction). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ivideday anday onquercay

   

Portuguese

  

redução de problemas (goal reduction, problem decomposition, problem reduction). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

divide y vencerás (goal reduction, problem decomposition, problem reduction), descomposición de problemas (goal reduction, problem decomposition, problem reduction), reducción del problema (goal reduction, problem decomposition, problem reduction), reducción de objetivo (goal reduction, problem decomposition, problem reduction). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

söndra och härska (goal reduction, problem decomposition, problem reduction), problemuppdelning (goal reduction, problem decomposition, problem reduction), problemreduktion (goal reduction, problem decomposition, problem reduction), målreduktion (goal reduction, problem decomposition, problem reduction). (various references)

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Misspellings: DIVIDE AND CONQUER

Misspellings

"DIVIDE AND CONQUER" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: devide and conquer. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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INDEX

1. Crosswords
2. Usage: Modern
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Translations: Modern
5. Derivations
6. Bibliography


  

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