"bogosort" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Etymology: From bogus and sort. Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} bogosort (uncountable)
  1. (computing theory, informal) An intentionally poor sorting algorithm that operates by randomly permuting the elements repeatedly until they happen to fall into the correct order. Wikipedia link: bogosort Tags: informal, uncountable Categories (topical): Theory of computing

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