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readahead

noun

Etymology

From read + ahead.

  1. inherited from *káput✻ — “head”
  2. inherited from *haubudą✻ — “head”
  3. inherited from *haubud✻
  4. inherited from hēafod — “head; top; leader; origin”
  5. inherited from efd
  6. prefixed as ahead — “a + head”
  7. compounded as readahead — “read + ahead”

Definitions

  1. The operation of reading data from a storage medium in advance so that it is immediately…

    The operation of reading data from a storage medium in advance so that it is immediately available when requested.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for readahead. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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