history-independent
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/ˌhɪs.tə.ri ɪn.dɪˈpɛn.dənt/
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/ˌhɪs.t(ə)r.i ɪn.dɪˈpɛn.d(ə)nt/
not depending on the past
Etymology
'history-independent' originates from modern English by compounding 'history' and 'independent'. 'History' itself comes via Latin 'historia' from Greek 'historia' meaning 'inquiry, account', and 'independent' comes from Latin 'indēpendēns' (via Old French 'indépendant') meaning 'not hanging from / not dependent'.
'history' entered Middle English from Old French/Latin forms (Middle English 'historie'), while 'independent' came into English via Latin 'independens' and Old French. The compound 'history-independent' is a modern English technical formation used especially in computer science and related fields to describe systems that do not reveal or depend on past actions.
Initially the components referred separately to 'past account' ('history') and 'not dependent' ('independent'); over time they combined into the technical compound meaning 'not dependent on past events or history', often with specialized senses in CS (e.g., data structures, protocols).
Meanings by Part of Speech
Noun 1
noun form of the base: the state or property of being history-independent.
History independence is a desired property for privacy-preserving storage systems.
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Adjective 1
not depending on past states, events, or history; a property of a system or process whose behavior or observable state does not reveal or rely on previous actions.
The data structure is history-independent: its current layout reveals no information about past operations.
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