binary tree
noun
computing
: a network in which each node has no more than two subordinate nodes
She talks about binary trees, Hercules cutting off the heads of a mythical hydra (each severed neck grows two new heads, which is the essence of a binary tree) …—Kenneth Chang, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2011
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