downpointer
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3VERB + DOWNPOINTER
level
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down
ADV.
always
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noun
A pointer in a hierarchical data structure that points to the node that is down from the current node.
Except at level zero, the downpointer always points down.
[…] this data structure differs from the tree […] illustrated in Fig. 1, only by having downpointers replaced by downtrees.
An indicator that points toward the ground.
During one session , the subject used a canopy-mounted downpointer to estimate position in space relative to the ground, and in the other session the subject used a joystick-controlled, inside-out, aircraft attitude indicator.
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3Except at level zero, the downpointer always points down.
Wiktionary[…] this data structure differs from the tree […] illustrated in Fig. 1, only by having downpointers replaced by downtrees.
WiktionaryBy using the so-called functional approach to data structures Chazelle [1988] developed a compression scheme to encode the downpointers used by Willard [1985] to reduce further the space requirement.
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