vectorizedloopcode
nounUK /ˈvɛktəraɪzd luːp kəʊd/
US /ˈvɛktəraɪzd luːp koʊd/
Computer code that does many number jobs all at once instead of one by one.
The programmer rewrote the slow counting loop as vectorized loop code so the game would run faster.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. Code that has been automatically transformed by a compiler to process data in chunks.
The compiler turned the simple loop into vectorized loop code without the developer changing anything.
3. A style of writing loops that avoids branches so the CPU can process several items per instruction.
Writing vectorized loop code means avoiding if-statements inside the loop body.
4. Machine-level instructions that operate on multiple data elements packed into wide registers.
Modern CPUs execute vectorized loop code using AVX registers to add eight numbers at once.