noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
column-major
Mathematics and computing term describing a layout where consecutive elements of a column are stored contiguously in memory, or a vector that is oriented as a column. Often contrasted with 行優先 (row-major).
See also: 行優先 (ぎょうゆうせん)
This matrix is stored in column-major order.
Pay attention to the difference between column-major vectors and row-major vectors.
Compound of 列 (column) and 優先 (priority, precedence), literally 'column priority'. A technical calque from English 'column-major'.