9. The CAM of claim 8 wherein the scheduler is further to: stop scheduling comparisons for dictionary words that have been determined to not match the input word.
9. The CAM of claim 8 wherein the scheduler is further to: stop scheduling comparisons for dictionary words that have been determined to not match the input word. 10. The CAM of claim 9 wherein the plurality of dictionary words divided into the plurality of banks further comprises: a match line for each bank of each dictionary word, the match line indicating the result of the comparison of the segment of the input word to the bank, wherein the match line is not pre-charged for dictionary words that have already been determined to not match the input word.