lookahead

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

The analysis in advance of subsequent decisions that would be made if a particular branch of an algorithm was followed.
The analysis of the subsequent characters before the regular expression is matched.

en-uk-lookahead.ogg

lookahead lookaheads

Deverbal from look ahead.

lookaside lookbehind runahead

lookahead time nonlookahead

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