"selection sort" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: selection sorts [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} selection sort (plural selection sorts)
  1. (computing theory) A sorting algorithm that divides the input list into two sublists — items already sorted, and items not yet sorted — and gradually transfers elements from one list to the other. Wikipedia link: selection sort Categories (topical): Theory of computing Translations (sorting algorithm): valintalajittelu (Finnish), valintajärjestäminen (Finnish)

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