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polynomial time [¦päl·ə¦nō·mē·əl ′tīm]

(computer science)

The property of the time required to solve a problem on a computer for which there exist constantscandksuch that, if the input to the problem can be specified inNbits, the problem can be solved inc×N^kelementary operations.

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