lambdaencoding
nounUK /ˈlæm.də.ɪnˌkəʊ.dɪŋ/
US /ˈlæm.də.ɪnˌkoʊ.dɪŋ/
Lambdaencoding is a way of writing computer instructions so a machine can read and follow them.
The programmer used lambdaencoding to turn the math formula into code the computer could run.
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2. In computer science, a method of representing functions as data using lambda expressions.
Lambdaencoding lets the system store a function in a variable and pass it around like a number.
3. A formal scheme for translating lambda calculus terms into a machine-readable format.
The research paper described a new lambdaencoding for efficient evaluation of expressions.
4. The process of converting abstract logical rules into a symbolic notation a computer can process.
Through lambdaencoding, the logic puzzle became a set of instructions the program could solve.