recursive

re·cur·sive | \ ri-ˈkər-siv

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Definition of recursive

1 : of, relating to, or involving recursion a recursive function in a computer program

2 : of, relating to, or constituting a procedure that can repeat itself indefinitely a recursive rule in a grammar

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Recent Examples on the Web As a result, the kernel got stuck in a recursive loop until the system finally crashed. — Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, "Solved: Why in-the-wild Bluekeep exploits are causing patched machines to crash," 11 Nov. 2019 The team behind Zcash discovered a recursive method to verify private transactions at scale. — Matthew De Silva, Quartz, "What China could gain from a digital yuan," 19 Sep. 2019 Gidney expects that his method will work for adapting many classical recursive algorithms to quantum computers. — Quanta Magazine, "A New Approach to Multiplication Opens the Door to Better Quantum Computers," 24 Apr. 2019 The script's backdoor code, as Wardle noted, is a recursive Python command-line call with a hard-coded IP address for the connection that uses port 1337—an obvious leetspeak joke. — Sean Gallagher, Ars Technica, "Really dumb malware targets cryptocurrency fans using Macs," 3 July 2018 The most thrilling thing about An Homage to Hollis Benton is its recursive nature. — Andrea Alonso, Los Angeles Magazine, "Fact and Fiction Collide Inside an Exhibit Inspired by a “Forgotten” L.A. Legend—and Beverly Hills Cop," 12 June 2018 As Marcelo Magnasco, a physicist at Rockefeller University, points out, the Eiffel Tower is a clear example of loop construction, designed to maximize the distribution of strain across its recursive frame. — Quanta Magazine, "In Natural Networks, Strength in Loops," 14 Aug. 2013 This recursive structure allows us to generate sentences of potentially infinite length. — Quanta Magazine, "The Bulldogs That Bulldogs Fight," 17 Apr. 2019 The script's backdoor code, as Wardle noted, is a recursive Python command-line call with a hard-coded IP address for the connection that uses port 1337—an obvious leetspeak joke. — Sean Gallagher, Ars Technica, "Really dumb malware targets cryptocurrency fans using Macs," 3 July 2018

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“Recursive.” The Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster Inc., https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/recursively. Accessed 22 January 2020.

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