Sort
Sort may refer to any of the following:
1. Sort is organizing data in a particular order, allowing for information to be found easier. For example, names and contact information may be sorted by a sorter in alphabetical order to allow the person looking for a name to see if it's available.
Because this type of sort is sorting digital data, it's also sometimes called a digital sort.
Types of sorts
Over the history of computers, different sorting algorithms have been developed. Below is a listing of the different types of sorts.
- Alphanumeric sort
- Ascending order
- Bitonic sort
- Bogo sort
- Bubble sort
- Cocktail shaker sort
- Descending order
- Gnome sort
- Heap sort
- Insertion sort
- Lexicographic sort
- Merge sort
- Quantum sort
- Quicksort
- Radix sort
- Selection sort
- Shell sort
- Spaghetti sort
- Tree sort
Visual representation of sorts
Below is a video that visually represents many sorting algorithms and provides examples of how each is utilized.
2. In a command line, sort is the name of a command in Linux, MS-DOS, and the Windows command line.
3. In Microsoft Excel, Sort is a feature used to organize data. For example, arranging a list of names in either alphabetical or a collection of dates in numerical order.
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