Definition of backtracking Backtracking

/bæˈktɹæˌkɪŋ/ - [baktraking] -

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What does backtracking mean?

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  • backtracking (Verb)
    Present participle of backtrack.

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  • 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)

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  • backtracking, verb, gerund of backtrack (infinitive).

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