space complexity
<complexity> The way in which the amount of storage space required by an
algorithm varies with the size of the problem it is solving. Space complexity is
normally expressed as an order of magnitude, e.g. O(N^2) means that if the size
of the problem (N) doubles then four times as much working storage will be
needed.
See also computational complexity, time complexity.
(1996-05-08)
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