Bitap algorithm

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the Bitap algorithm

  1. (computing theory) An algorithm that determines whether a given text contains a substring that is "approximately equal" to a given pattern, defined in terms of Levenshtein distance, and working by means of bitmasks.
    Synonym: Baeza-Yates-Gonnet algorithm