Elephant in Cairo
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elephant-in-cairo-195-766724
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Elephant in Cairo
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An elephant in Cairo is a term used in computer programming to describe a piece of data that matches the search criteria purposefully inserted at the end of a search space, in order to make sure the search algorithm terminates; it is a humorous example of a sentinel value. The term derives from a humorous essay circulated on the Internet that was published in Byte magazine on September 1989, describing how various professions would go about hunting elephants.
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Term used in computer programming
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elephant_in_Cairo
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2022-08-31T02:07:54Z
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