Sorting
refers to ordering data in an increasing or decreasing fashion
according to some linear relationship among the data items.
Sorting can be done on names, numbers and records. Sorting reduces the For example, it is relatively easy to look up the phone number of a friend from a telephone dictionary because the names in the phone book have been sorted into alphabetical order.
Sorting can be done on names, numbers and records. Sorting reduces the For example, it is relatively easy to look up the phone number of a friend from a telephone dictionary because the names in the phone book have been sorted into alphabetical order.
This
example clearly illustrates one of the main reasons that sorting large
quantities of information is desirable. That is, sorting greatly
improves the efficiency of searching. If we were to open a phone book,
and find that the names were not presented in any logical order, it
would take an incredibly long time to look up someone’s phone number.
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