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TOP-DOWN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does top-down mean? 

TOP-DOWN (adjective)
  The adjective TOP-DOWN has 1 sense:

1. of an approach to a problem that begins at the highest conceptual level and works down to the detailsplay

  Familiarity information: TOP-DOWN used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


TOP-DOWN (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Of an approach to a problem that begins at the highest conceptual level and works down to the details

Context example:

top-down programming

Antonym:

bottom-up (of an approach to a problem that begins with details and works up to the highest conceptual level)


 Context examples 


Includes R&D and integration of ultra-miniaturized top-down processes and increasingly complex bottom-up or self-assembly processes.

(Nanomanufacturing, NCI Thesaurus)

The specification of a node (file or directory) in a hierarchical file system, usually specified by listing the nodes top-down.

(Pathname, NCI Thesaurus)



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