Itemwise
Itemwise is an adjective used to describe operations or analyses that are performed on each item within a collection independently, rather than aggregating or operating on the collection as a whole. The term derives from item meaning an individual element and the suffix -wise indicating per-item consideration. In practice, itemwise operations are common where per-record or per-element processing is required.
In computing and data processing, itemwise commonly refers to elementwise or per-item transformations. For example, applying
In other domains, itemwise can describe procedures performed for each distinct item in inventory, orders, or
See also: elementwise, per-item, per-element, maps and vectorization.
Notes: The term is not as widely standardized as elementwise, and its exact meaning can vary by