English Explanatory Dictionary

gnome sort

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A variation of the insertion sort that does not use nested loops.

Word forms

gnome sort gnome sorts

Etymology

Named by Dutch computer scientist Dick Grune, based on a metaphor of a gnome walking along a line of flowerpots in order to sort them.

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