top-down has definitions from the field of computer science
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[ adjective ] of an approach to a problem that begins at the highest conceptual level and works down to the details

Examples

"a top-down analysis might begin by looking at macro-economic trends" "top-down programming"

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2
[ adjective ] (computer science) computer

Examples

"top-down programming"

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