fence cell

[′fens ‚sel]

(computer science)

A criterion for dividing a list into two equal or nearly equal parts in the course of a binary search. Also known as fence.

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Families were initially separated at a Border Patrol processing centre in the Texas border city of McAllen into chain-link fence cells, which the mothers called "dog kennels." Reporters were recently given guided tours of the centre, but forbidden from interviewing or photographing detainees.

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