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first-fit

first-fit

English

Adjective

first-fit (not comparable)

  1. (computing theory) Of or relating to a fast but non-optimal algorithm for the Bin packing problem, placing each item into the first bin in which it will fit.

Scots

Verb

first-fit (third-person singular present first-fits, present participle first-fittin, past first-fittit, past participle first-fittit)

  1. to be the first to visit at the new year