upper and lower bounds; bounds
Technical computing term for the upper and lower limits of a range, such as in algorithms, data structures, or numerical analysis.
In this algorithm, you need to set the upper and lower bounds of the search range.
Compound of 上 (じょう, 'upper'), 下 (げ, 'lower'), and 限 (げん, 'limit'). The reading じょうげげん follows standard on'yomi patterns.