"spaghetti sort" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "Introduced by A. K. Dewdney in a Scientific American column.",
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        "A linear-time algorithm for sorting a sequence of items, analogous to standing a number of strands of spaghetti of different lengths upright on a surface and noting the order in which they are encountered when lowering one's hand from above."
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        "(computing theory) A linear-time algorithm for sorting a sequence of items, analogous to standing a number of strands of spaghetti of different lengths upright on a surface and noting the order in which they are encountered when lowering one's hand from above."
      ],
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        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
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  "word": "spaghetti sort"
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  "etymology_text": "Introduced by A. K. Dewdney in a Scientific American column.",
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        "A linear-time algorithm for sorting a sequence of items, analogous to standing a number of strands of spaghetti of different lengths upright on a surface and noting the order in which they are encountered when lowering one's hand from above."
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          "spaghetti",
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        "(computing theory) A linear-time algorithm for sorting a sequence of items, analogous to standing a number of strands of spaghetti of different lengths upright on a surface and noting the order in which they are encountered when lowering one's hand from above."
      ],
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