heavy hitter
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elemento frecuente
- Detecting heavy hitters in network traffic is crucial for understanding data patterns and optimizing performance.
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Which means that if a node has a heavy hitter in its subtree, then that node will also be a heavy hitter at its level.
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To-Do List Pro—at $0.99, To-Do List Pro is a heavy hitter that won't deal your wallet a blow.
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In data analysis, a heavy hitter is an item that appears with such high frequency that it significantly impacts the results.
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The algorithm identifies heavy hitters in the stream to help prioritize important data for processing.
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Morphology
heavy + hitter
The components 'heavy' (large/intense) and 'hitter' (one who hits or an occurrence) give a partial clue—suggesting something that 'hits hard' or occurs a lot—but the established senses (an influential person or, in computing, a very frequent item) are metaphorical and domain-specific. A B1 learner who knows the words might infer a sense of intensity or frequency but would not reliably derive the precise idiomatic or technical meaning without prior exposure.
Etymology
In data work, the noun heavy hitter borrows the boxing image. It means an item that 'hits' the counts again and again, so it appears 'very frequent' and makes up a large part of the data.