👉 The term "needleman" is a term used in the field of computer science, specifically related to the problem of searching for a specific element within an unordered list or set. In essence, needleman is a method used to efficiently search for a given element within a sequence (such as a list) by traversing each item one by one and comparing it with the target value. The idea behind this technique is that instead of using a linear search algorithm, which checks every element in the list