"bubble sort" meaning in English

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        "A sorting algorithm in which pairs of neighboring values are compared and swapped into the right order if necessary in the innermost loop."
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        "(computing) A sorting algorithm in which pairs of neighboring values are compared and swapped into the right order if necessary in the innermost loop."
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        "computing",
        "engineering",
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          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "roman": "mou⁶ pou⁵ paai⁴ zeoi⁶",
          "sense": "sorting algorithm",
          "word": "冒泡排序"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "màopào páixù",
          "sense": "sorting algorithm",
          "word": "冒泡排序"
        },
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "sorting algorithm",
          "word": "氣泡排序"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "qìpào páixù",
          "sense": "sorting algorithm",
          "word": "气泡排序"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "pàomò páixù",
          "sense": "sorting algorithm",
          "word": "泡沫排序"
        },
        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "sorting algorithm",
          "word": "bobelmetoda ordigo"
        },
        {
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "sorting algorithm",
          "word": "mullsortimine"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "sorting algorithm",
          "word": "kuplalajittelu"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "sorting algorithm",
          "word": "kuplajärjestäminen"
        },
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "sorting algorithm",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "tri à bulles"
        },
        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "baburu sōto",
          "sense": "sorting algorithm",
          "word": "バブルソート"
        }
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        "bubble sort"
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  "etymology_text": "A metaphor, suggesting the way that elements gradually bubble to the top of the array after consecutive comparisons.",
  "forms": [
    {
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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      ],
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        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ],
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  "translations": [
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      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "mou⁶ pou⁵ paai⁴ zeoi⁶",
      "sense": "sorting algorithm",
      "word": "冒泡排序"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "màopào páixù",
      "sense": "sorting algorithm",
      "word": "冒泡排序"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "sorting algorithm",
      "word": "氣泡排序"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "qìpào páixù",
      "sense": "sorting algorithm",
      "word": "气泡排序"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "pàomò páixù",
      "sense": "sorting algorithm",
      "word": "泡沫排序"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "sorting algorithm",
      "word": "bobelmetoda ordigo"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "sorting algorithm",
      "word": "mullsortimine"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "sorting algorithm",
      "word": "kuplalajittelu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "sorting algorithm",
      "word": "kuplajärjestäminen"
    },
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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "sorting algorithm",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "tri à bulles"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "baburu sōto",
      "sense": "sorting algorithm",
      "word": "バブルソート"
    }
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