Usually means: Efficient searching by halving space.
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  1. binary search: Wiktionary
  2. binary search: Dictionary.com
  3. Binary Search, Binary search: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

Computing (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. binary search: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. binary search: Dictionary of Algorithms and Data Structures
  3. binary search: Encyclopedia

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  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Science (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Binary Search: Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics
  2. binary search: PlanetMath Encyclopedia
  3. FOLDOP - Free On Line Dictionary Of Philosophy (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (binary search)

noun:  (computing theory) A search for a value within a sorted array by repeatedly comparing the target value with the middle element; if they are unequal, the half in which the target cannot lie is eliminated and the comparison is repeated on the remaining half.

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