Real-Life Applications of Tries

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Auto-complete

A widespread application of the trie is auto-complete or type-ahead suggestions. For example, once a user types an alphabet, the list of potential word queries is significantly reduced, allowing the program to evaluate possible query strings quickly. In a real-world search engine, in addition to words, a variety of other information is typically stored for query strings.

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