"bubble sort" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_text": "A metaphor, suggesting the way that elements gradually bubble to the top of the array after consecutive comparisons.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bubble sorts",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "bubble sort (plural bubble sorts)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Cantonese terms with redundant transliterations",
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            "Terms with redundant transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
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        },
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
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        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Computing",
          "orig": "en:Computing",
          "parents": [
            "Technology",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A sorting algorithm in which pairs of neighboring values are compared and swapped into the right order if necessary in the innermost loop."
      ],
      "id": "en-bubble_sort-en-noun-gPkdi3cI",
      "links": [
        [
          "computing",
          "computing#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "sort",
          "sort"
        ],
        [
          "algorithm",
          "algorithm"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(computing) A sorting algorithm in which pairs of neighboring values are compared and swapped into the right order if necessary in the innermost loop."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "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"
        },
        {
          "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"
        }
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "bubble sort"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "bubble sort"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "A metaphor, suggesting the way that elements gradually bubble to the top of the array after consecutive comparisons.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bubble sorts",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
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      "expansion": "bubble sort (plural bubble sorts)",
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
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        "Cantonese terms with redundant transliterations",
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
        "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
        "en:Computing"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A sorting algorithm in which pairs of neighboring values are compared and swapped into the right order if necessary in the innermost loop."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "computing",
          "computing#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "sort",
          "sort"
        ],
        [
          "algorithm",
          "algorithm"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(computing) A sorting algorithm in which pairs of neighboring values are compared and swapped into the right order if necessary in the innermost loop."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "bubble sort"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "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"
    },
    {
      "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"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bubble sort"
}