I am currently exploring ways to organize a binary trie in a more streamlined manner. Typically, a binary trie consists of nodes for each slot in a binary number, branching left on 0 and right on 1. Is it possible to read 4 bits at a time instead of just 1? One idea is to have 16 slots in each trie node, but visualizing this concept proves to be challenging; how would the process of reading binary input like 10101010
4-bits at a time actually work with this approach? What would the structure look like?
[ left , right , left, right , left, right ...]
(goto2) (goto5) (goto7) (goto8) (goto9), (goto10)
Alternatively, could there be an algorithm that cross-checks 4 bits against 16 slots in an array efficiently?
While it appears that 4 bits can fit into 16 slots logically, developing an algorithm to interpret these connections without having to manually visualize each step remains a challenge. There must be some equation or method to simplify this process.