English Explanatory Dictionary

library sort

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A form of insertion sort that leaves gaps between elements to accelerate subsequent insertions.

Word forms

library sort library sorts

Etymology

By analogy with a librarian who leaves gaps between books so that inserting a new book does not require moving so many of the existing books.

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