What is the opposite of lazy loading?

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Is there a common term / catch-phrase for the opposite of lazy loading?

score 45 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 25 '11 at 02:35

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The oposite term for lazy loading is eager loading.

Eager loading is essentially computing the tasks when you ask for it.

Lazy Loading is when you only do the computation when it is required.

answered Mar 25 '11 at 02:35

Mike Lewis

score 5 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 25 '11 at 02:38

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I've seen the terms "Eager Loading" and "Aggressive Initialization" both used.

answered Mar 25 '11 at 02:38

bdk

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 22 '18 at 06:51

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I'd say that the opposite of lazy is proactive loading, i.e. loading something in advance, before it's really needed.

However it's hard to pick the opposites when you have 3 entities {lazy, eager, proactive}

answered Feb 22 '18 at 06:51

Sergei Voitovich

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Tiktok uses proactive loading for video's, the experience is much better when there is no loading time, you get the sense of zapping on a real tv. I made a react component that preloads youtube vids – Wim den Herder Apr 30 '22 at 22:59

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