backscan

noun, verb — 2 senses

noun

Etymology From back- + scan.

Rare A scan from the back or rear side.

verb

Etymology From back- + scan.

Rare To scan something from the back or rear side.

If at any stage it is impossible to make the required allocation of a node or line, or after the last E-word to find other realisations with the same mesh point 1, the control stream is backscanned by the interpreter to the first significant new allocation and the forward scan restarted.1968, Machine Intelligence, Volume 2, page 86:

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