Please explain this code to me , related to getPriorVotes function :)

Smart Contracts
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hi, anyone can please explain this code to me ?

    uint32 lower = 0;
    uint32 upper = nCheckpoints - 1;
    while (upper > lower) {
        uint32 center = upper - (upper - lower) / 2; // ceil, avoiding overflow
        Checkpoint memory cp = checkpoints[account][center];
        if (cp.fromBlock == blockNumber) {
            return cp.votes;
        } else if (cp.fromBlock < blockNumber) {
            lower = center;
        } else {
            upper = center - 1;
        }
    }
    return checkpoints[account][lower].votes;

Thanks

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This is a binary search. There is an explanation of similar code here: