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Knuth

/knooth/ 1. Donald Knuth.

2. ["The Art of Computer Programming", Donald E. Knuth] Mythically, the reference that answers all questions about data structures or algorithms.

A safe answer when you do not know: "I think you can find that in Knuth."

Contrast literature.

See also bible.

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