We found 3 definitions of backtracking from 3 different sources.
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What does backtracking mean?
Wiktionary
backtracking (Verb) Present participle of backtrack.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki DictionaryΩ
backtracking A general algorithm for finding all (or some) solutions to some computational problem, that incrementally builds candidates to the solutions, and abandons each partial candidate c ("backtracks") as soon as it determines that c cannot possibly be completed to a valid solution. (source: Wikipedia)
Part of speech
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backtracking, verb, gerund of backtrack (infinitive).
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