dancing links

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Etymology[edit]

The name was suggested by Donald Knuth, because iterations of the algorithm cause the links to interact as if in an “exquisitely choreographed dance”.

Noun[edit]

dancing links (uncountable)

  1. (computing theory) A technique for reverting the deletion of a node from a circular doubly-linked list, particularly useful for efficiently implementing backtracking algorithms.
    Synonym: (abbreviation) DLX