"topological sort" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: topological sorts [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} topological sort (plural topological sorts)
  1. (graph theory, computer science) An ordering of the vertices of a directed graph such that if an edge goes from vertex u to vertex v then u precedes v in the ordering. Categories (topical): Computer science, Graph theory

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