English Explanatory Dictionary

Shellsort

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A sorting algorithm that starts by sorting pairs of elements that are far apart from each other, then progressively reduces the gap between elements to be compared.
noun
  1. Alternative form of Shellsort.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

Shellsort shellsorts

Etymology

From Shell + sort, after Douglas Shell, who published the first version in 1959.

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