dynamiclookupplan

noun
UK /daɪˈnæmɪk ˈlʊkʌp plæn/
US /daɪˈnæmɪk ˈlʊkʌp plæn/

A plan a computer makes to find things quickly, and it can change as it goes.

The database used a dynamiclookupplan to find the right row without scanning the whole table.


OTHER MEANINGS

2. A strategy for finding information that adjusts while it is being used.

The app's dynamiclookupplan switched to a faster route when the first one got crowded.

3. A computer's step-by-step method for locating data that is chosen at the moment it runs.

Instead of a fixed rule, the system built a dynamiclookupplan for each new request.

4. A changing set of steps used to match names to records.

The directory service relied on a dynamiclookupplan to match users to their accounts.