Associations to the word «Lookup»

Wiktionary

LOOKUP, noun. An attempt to retrieve data.
LOOKUP TABLE, noun. (computing) A data structure created for the purpose of translating keys into values.

Dictionary definition

LOOKUP, noun. An operation that determines whether one or more of a set of items has a specified property; "they wrote a program to do a table lookup".

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley