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Template Library SORT (journal) Sort (mathematical logic), a domain in a many-sorted structure Sort (typesetting), a piece of metal type Sort, Lleida, a town
Sort
Sorting algorithm
Bucket sort, or bin sort, is a sorting algorithm that works by distributing the elements of an array into a number of buckets. Each bucket is then sorted individually
Bucket_sort
Sorting algorithm
Insertion sort is a simple sorting algorithm that builds the final sorted array (or list) one item at a time by comparisons. It is much less efficient
Insertion_sort
Divide and conquer sorting algorithm
1961. It is still a commonly used algorithm for sorting. Overall, it is slightly faster than merge sort and heapsort for randomized data, particularly
Quicksort
Algorithm that arranges lists in order
In computer science, a sorting algorithm is an algorithm that puts elements of a list into an order. The most frequently used orders are numerical order
Sorting_algorithm
Simple sorting algorithm using comparisons
Bubble sort, sometimes referred to as sinking sort, is a simple sorting algorithm that repeatedly steps through the input list element by element, comparing
Bubble_sort
Academic journal
SORT or Statistics and Operations Research Transactions is a peer-reviewed open access scientific journal that publishes papers related to statistics
SORT_(journal)
Divide and conquer sorting algorithm
computer science, merge sort (also commonly spelled as mergesort or merge-sort) is an efficient and general purpose comparison-based sorting algorithm. Most implementations
Merge_sort
Efficient sorting algorithm that combines insert and merge operations
Block sort, or block merge sort, is a sorting algorithm combining at least two merge operations with an insertion sort to arrive at O(n log n) (see Big
Block_sort
Type of computer science algorithm
example, many sorting algorithms rearrange arrays into sorted order in-place, including: bubble sort, comb sort, selection sort, insertion sort, heapsort
In-place_algorithm
Type of sorting algorithm that works by comparing pairs of elements
A comparison sort is a type of sorting algorithm that only reads the list elements through a single abstract comparison operation (often a "less than
Comparison_sort
Sorting algorithm
shaker sort, also known as bidirectional bubble sort, cocktail sort, shaker sort (which can also refer to a variant of selection sort), ripple sort, shuffle
Cocktail_shaker_sort
Comparison sorting algorithm
Cycle sort is an in-place, unstable sorting algorithm, a comparison sort that is theoretically optimal in terms of the total number of writes to the original
Cycle_sort
Node ordering for directed acyclic graphs
In computer science, a topological sort or topological ordering of a directed graph is a linear ordering of its vertices such that for every directed edge
Topological_sorting
Sorting algorithm
In computer science, bogosort (also known as permutation sort and stupid sort) is a sorting algorithm based on the generate and test paradigm. The function
Bogosort
Parallel sorting algorithm
for sorting. It is also used as a construction method for building a sorting network. The algorithm was devised by Ken Batcher. The resulting sorting networks
Bitonic_sorter
Computational task of sorting whole numbers
sorted are. Integer sorting algorithms including pigeonhole sort, counting sort, and radix sort are widely used and practical. Other integer sorting algorithms
Integer_sorting
Sorting algorithm which uses multiple comparison intervals
Shell sort or Shell's method, is an in-place comparison sort. It can be understood as either a generalization of sorting by exchange (bubble sort) or sorting
Shellsort
Mathematics problem
Pancake sorting is the mathematical problem of sorting a disordered stack of pancakes in order of size when a spatula can be inserted at any point in the
Pancake_sorting
Worst-case number of comparisons used by sorting algorithms
binary insertion sort and merge sort. However, there are other algorithms that use fewer comparisons. The n {\displaystyle n} th sorting number is given
Sorting_number
Sorting algorithm using the heap data structure
In computer science, heapsort is an efficient, comparison-based sorting algorithm that reorganizes an input array into a heap (a data structure where
Heapsort
A knowledge elicitation research method
Card sorting is a knowledge elicitation technique that involves participants sorting items according to some given criteria. This is done to determine
Card_sorting
Type of comparison sorting algorithm
In computer science, merge-insertion sort or the Ford–Johnson algorithm is a comparison sorting algorithm published in 1959 by L. R. Ford Jr. and Selmer
Merge-insertion_sort
Catalan researcher (born 1976)
than 400 articles in peer-reviewed scientific journals that have received approximately 15000 citations. Sort leads the “Group of Smart Nanoengineered Materials
Jordi_Sort_Viñas
Comparison-based sorting algorithm
science, adaptive heap sort is a comparison-based sorting algorithm of the adaptive sort family. It is a variant of heap sort that performs better when
Adaptive_heap_sort
Sorting method used in Chinese dictionaries
sorting, pinyin-based sorting, bopomofo and the four-corner method. In addition to functioning as an independent sorting method, stroke-based sorting
Stroke-based_sorting
1145/356593.356594 Sobel, Sheldon (July 1962), "Oscillating Sort–A New Sort Merging Technique", Journal of the ACM, 9 (3), New York, NY: ACM: 372–374, doi:10
Oscillating_merge_sort
In computer science, a nearly-sorted sequence, also known as roughly-sorted sequence and as k {\displaystyle k} -sorted sequence is a sequence which is
K-sorted_sequence
In-place, comparison-based sorting algorithm
Proportion extend sort (abbreviated as PESort) is an in-place, comparison-based sorting algorithm which attempts to improve on the performance, particularly
Proportion_extend_sort
Sorting algorithm
is a sorting algorithm that is a divide and conquer algorithm often used in parallel processing systems. Conventional divide and conquer sorting algorithms
Samplesort
American political scientist
American political scientist, best known for his 2009 book The Partisan Sort: How Liberals Became Democrats and Conservatives Became Republicans. His
Matthew_Levendusky
Way to sort sperm cells in fertilization
expand the possibilities of sperm sorting and new techniques of sperm sorting are being developed. It can be used to sort out sperm that are most healthy
Sperm_sorting
three-way radix quicksort, is an algorithm for sorting strings. This hybrid of quicksort and radix sort was originally suggested by P. Shackleton, as reported
Multi-key_quicksort
Christian publication
Sorted is a bi-monthly magazine under the name Sorted. It is a Christian publication, but is written with the intent of interesting readers of any faith
Sorted_(magazine)
Use of mechanosensory systems to sort particles
In industrial automation, sensor-based sorting is an umbrella term for all applications in which particles are detected using a sensor technique and rejected
Sensor-based_sorting
Hierarchical typed logic
Many-sorted logic can reflect formally our intention not to handle the universe as a homogeneous collection of objects, but to partition it in a way that
Many-sorted_logic
Array sorting algorithm
Jorge L.C (1992). "Cubesort: A parallel algorithm for sorting N data items with S-sorters". Journal of Algorithms. 13 (2): 211–234. doi:10.1016/0196-6774(92)90016-6
Cubesort
Mixed-race group of people in southern Maryland
with descent from the Brandywine people, and Henry Horenstein published We Sort of People in 2006, which referred to them simply as "Proctors". The book
Brandywine_people
computer science, a stack-sortable permutation (also called a tree permutation) is a permutation whose elements may be sorted by an algorithm whose internal
Stack-sortable_permutation
1993 film
Black Harvest (Danish: Sort høst) is a 1993 Danish drama film directed by Anders Refn. The film was selected as the Danish entry for the Best Foreign Language
Black_Harvest_(1993_film)
Process of separating populations of cells
Cell sorting is the process through which a particular cell type is separated from others contained in a sample on the basis of its physical or biological
Cell_sorting
Neuropsychological test
The Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (WCST) is a neuropsychological test of set-shifting, which is the capability to show flexibility when exposed to changes
Wisconsin_Card_Sorting_Test
The Yoshimine sort is an algorithm that is used in quantum chemistry to order lists of two electron repulsion integrals. It is implemented in the IBM Alchemy
Yoshimine_sort
American basketball superfan
we get a kick out of him. He has got quite a flair, and we love him as a sort of a superfan." The son of Nanette (née Gamse) and Milwaukee department store
James_Goldstein
Problem of sorting pairs of numbers by their sum
Unsolved problem in computer science Is there an X + Y {\displaystyle X+Y} sorting algorithm faster than O ( n 2 log n ) {\displaystyle O(n^{2}\log n)}
X_+_Y_sorting
Star at the centre of the Solar System
nebula as the exposed core reaches 30,000 K (53,500 °F), as if it is in a sort of blue loop. The final naked core, a white dwarf, will have a temperature
Sun
Abstract data type in computer science
Thorup, Mikkel (2007). "Equivalence between priority queues and sorting". Journal of the ACM. 54 (6): 28. doi:10.1145/1314690.1314692. S2CID 11494634
Priority_queue
Political effect where voters sort themselves into parties that match their ideology
Partisan sorting is an effect in politics in which voters sort themselves into parties that match their ideology. Partisan sorting is distinct from political
Partisan_sorting
Environmental practice of separating waste categories to make it easy to recycle
Waste sorting is the process by which waste is separated into different elements. Waste sorting can occur manually at the household and collected through
Waste_sorting
American software company
bringing mainframe sort merge functionality into open systems. IRI was the first vendor to develop a commercial replacement for the Unix sort command, and combine
Innovative Routines International
Innovative_Routines_International
1971 autobiography by Graham Greene
A Sort of Life is the first volume of autobiography by British novelist Graham Greene, first published in 1971. This volume covers Greene's early life
A_Sort_of_Life
Lab technique in biology and chemistry
"Guidelines for the use of flow cytometry and cell sorting in immunological studies". European Journal of Immunology. 47 (10): 1584–1797. doi:10.1002/eji
Flow_cytometry
American multinational technology conglomerate
(December 20, 2011). "Groupon Launches Anti-Amazon Promotion of Sorts". The Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on July 25, 2020. Retrieved February
Amazon_(company)
Modern hobby using recycled items
stress. Junk journaling arose as a DIY twist on scrapbooking and collage. Justine Jenkins writes: "I've heard recently that junk journals of sorts also appeared
Junk_journal
Statistical Software Journal of Statistics Education Revista Colombiana de Estadistica (Colombian Journal of Statistics) REVSTAT SORT Statistics Surveys
List_of_statistics_journals
Chinese character sorting method
一二三漢字筆順排檢法), also called YES stroke-order sorting, briefly YES order or YES sorting, is a Chinese character sorting method based on a stroke alphabet and
YES_stroke_alphabetical_order
Cognitive processing, either influenced or not
Sort Task requires participants to sort stimulus cards that differ in dimensions (shape, colour, or number). However, they are not told how to sort them
Hot_and_cold_cognition
Erotic practices involving domination and sadomasochism
1994 implied that women into S&M are 50% more likely to have finished some sort of post-secondary degree within their lifetime compared to those with only
BDSM
Algorithm that combines multiple sorted lists into one
various sorting algorithms, most famously merge sort. The merge algorithm plays a critical role in the merge sort algorithm, a comparison-based sorting algorithm
Merge_algorithm
American drama television series (1990–91, 2017)
humor Krantz. Frost wanted to tell "a sort of Dickensian story about multiple lives in a contained area that could sort of go perpetually". Originally, the
Twin_Peaks
1874 book by Charles Dudley Warner
Baddeck, And That Sort of Thing is a travel journal written by Charles Dudley Warner, the American author who co-wrote The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today
Baddeck, and That Sort of Thing
Baddeck,_and_That_Sort_of_Thing
Ability to switch thinking about two concepts
task, the Dimensional Change Card Sorting Task, the Multiple Classification Card Sorting Task, the Wisconsin Card Sorting Task, and the Stroop Test. Functional
Cognitive_flexibility
Binary tree selected at random
combinatorial properties of certain trees with applications to searching and sorting", Journal of the ACM, 9 (1): 13–28, doi:10.1145/321105.321108 Jagers, Peter
Random_binary_tree
variants are cache-efficient algorithms for sorting strings. They are variants of the traditional radix sort but faster for large data sets of common strings
Burstsort
Unrestricted availability of scholarly publications
David (26 August 2015). "Is it True that Most Open Access Journals Do Not Charge an APC? Sort of. It Depends". The Scholarly Kitchen. Archived from the
Open_access
Form of child abuse
Surveys have shown that one fifth to one third of all women reported some sort of childhood sexual experience with a male adult. A study by Lawson & Chaffin
Child_sexual_abuse
Dataflow programming language
upon.v iseod xx || xx > yy; end; mergeSort = Inputdata(h) fby.t merge(leftChild.h(mergeSort), rightChild.h(mergeSort)); sizeOfMerge = 1 fby.t 2*sizeOfMerge;
Lucid_(programming_language)
Academic journal
and open access journal for academic philosophy. The current online version is a prototype release. Noesis may be treated as a sort of clearinghouse
Noesis_(online_journal)
Drug delivery method
Selective organ targeting (SORT) is a novel approach in the field of targeted drug delivery that systematically engineers multiple classes of lipid nanoparticles
Selective_organ_targeting
Social science research method
"Development and Validation of a Q-Sort Procedure to Assess Temperament and Behavior in Preschool-Age Children". Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology
Q_methodology
Characteristic of phylogenetic analysis
Incomplete lineage sorting (ILS) (also referred to as hemiplasy, deep coalescence, retention of ancestral polymorphism, or trans-species polymorphism)
Incomplete_lineage_sorting
number, ordered by year of discovery. The column headings may be clicked to sort the table alphabetically, by decimal value, or by set. Explanations of the
List of mathematical constants
List_of_mathematical_constants
Academic journal
So we will leave the making of formulas and rules to those who like that sort of thing ... we shall publish in each number a discussion on some particular
Design_Review_(journal)
Index card with notches to store data
absence of notches in the edges of the cards. The notches allow efficient sorting of a large number of cards in a paper-based database, as well as the selection
Edge-notched_card
Whipping as a punishment
In some circumstances the word flogging is used loosely to include any sort of corporal punishment, including birching and caning. However, in British
Flagellation
psychiatry are included) or with a more specific focus. This list includes notable psychiatry journal articles sorted by name and focus within psychiatry.
List_of_psychiatry_journals
Canadian actress and model
February 9, 2026. Retrieved April 23, 2026. Jackson Weaver, "BlackBerry, Sort Of, Little Bird dominate Canadian Screen Award nominations". CBC News, March
Juliette_Gariépy
Xiangming Chen and Jiaming Sun, “Untangling a Global-Local Nexus: Sorting Out Residential Sorting in Shanghai.” Environment and Planning A 39 (10): 2324–2345
Xiangming_Chen
Theoretical model for parallel algorithms
values, collect them on a single machine, and sort them. Build a balanced binary search tree on the sorted sample values, replicate the nodes at higher
Massively parallel communication
Massively_parallel_communication
Series of fantasy novels by J. K. Rowling
community of wizards and witches. Harry becomes a student at Hogwarts and is sorted into Gryffindor House. He gains the friendship of Ron Weasley, a member
Harry_Potter
Seventh letter of the Latin alphabet
Encyclopaedia Romana Everson, Michael; Sigurðsson, Baldur; Málstöð, Íslensk. "Sorting the letter ÞORN". Evertype. ISO CEN/TC304. Archived from the original on
G
Converting waste materials into new products
delivered to a household recycling center or picked up from curbside bins, then sorted, cleaned, and reprocessed into new materials for manufacturing new products
Recycling
with the EU Transparency Register under No. 37673629826-90. EUPHA has two sorts of membership: full membership, which is open for national public health
European Public Health Association
European_Public_Health_Association
1973 US Supreme Court decision on abortion, overruled 2022
One way is that the sort of women who have abortions are not representative of pregnant women as a whole; rather they are the sort who are most likely
Roe_v._Wade
English-language edition of Wikipedia
articles", the neutral-point-of-view policy, navigation templates, the sorting of short "stub" articles into sub-categories, dispute resolution mechanisms
English_Wikipedia
Automated sorting of solid products using cameras or lasers
Optical sorting (sometimes called digital sorting) is the automated process of sorting solid products using cameras and/or lasers. Depending on the types
Optical_sorting
Barred spiral galaxy in the Local Group
S2CID 716993. Frommert, Hartmut; Kronberg, Christine. "Messier Object Data, sorted by Apparent Visual Magnitude". SEDS. Retrieved 22 July 2024. "M 31, M 32
Andromeda_Galaxy
Economic-political theory
The Tiebout model, also known as Tiebout sorting, Tiebout migration, or Tiebout hypothesis, is a positive political theory model first described by economist
Tiebout_model
Ethical intimacy with multiple partners
of single Americans have, at some point in their lives, engaged in some sort of consensual non-monogamy. Separate from polyamory as a philosophical basis
Polyamory
Discrepancy of the lack of evidence for alien life despite its apparent likelihood
case, the evolution of creatures like us, with hands and fire and all that sort of thing, may be rare in the galaxy. In which case, when we do build starships
Fermi_paradox
1813 novel by Jane Austen
and convey it into a branch of the Darcy family. Which is precisely the sort of dynastic larceny by marriage that the legal institutions of marriage in
Pride_and_Prejudice
British writer
relationships and am sort-of femme". Cooper is both an academic and mainstream author. She has published articles in academic journals such as Disability
Charlotte_Cooper_(author)
Canadian actress
January 2026. Brent Furdyk, "2022 Canadian Screen Award Nominees Announced, ‘Sort Of’ & ‘Scarborough’ Lead The Pack". ET Canada, February 15, 2022. Eric Volmers
Nadine_Bhabha
Check processing devices from IBM
processing equipment such as proof machines, inscribers and document reader/sorters for financial institutions from 1934 to 2005. Prior to the introduction
IBM_document_processors
American stock market index composed of 30 industry leaders
Industrial Average?". Bankrate. Retrieved August 20, 2025. "Dow Jones Companies Sorted by Weight". Slickcharts. Retrieved March 26, 2026. "Dow Will Add Disney
Dow_Jones_Industrial_Average
Infectious disease caused by Borrelia bacteria, spread by ticks
most cases. Approximately 80% of Lyme infections begin with a rash of some sort at the site of a tick bite, often near skin folds such as the armpit, groin
Lyme_disease
Grouping by physical or social qualities
European thinking about the differences between people – Europeans began to sort themselves and others into groups based on physical appearance, and to attribute
Race_(human_categorization)
Enzyme
A protein-sorting transpeptidase is an enzyme, such as the sortase SrtA of Staphylococcus aureus, that cleaves one or more target proteins produced by
Protein-sorting transpeptidase
Protein-sorting_transpeptidase
1953 dystopian novel by Ray Bradbury
and the dragon swallows his tail, and we sort of vanish into a limbo and we destroy ourselves by this sort of action. As time went by, Bradbury tended
Fahrenheit_451
2003 novel by Lauren Weisberger
enough to work as one of Miranda's personal assistants sing or put on some sort of act before he lets them enter the building. Christian Collinsworth, a
The_Devil_Wears_Prada_(novel)
SORT JOURNAL
SORT JOURNAL
Girl/Female
Indian
Soft
Boy/Male
American, British, Dutch, English
Fortified
Boy/Male
Norse Teutonic English French German
Short.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname from Middle English schort ‘short’.Scottish and northern Irish : reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac an Gheairr, Mac an Ghirr ‘son of the short man’ (see McGirr).
Surname or Lastname
English and German
English and German : unexplained.
Boy/Male
French
Dead sea (a stagnant lake).
Boy/Male
Norse German Dutch English
Short.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : perhaps a respelling of Salt.
Boy/Male
American, Australian, British, Danish, English, French, German, Norse, Swedish, Teutonic
Courtier; Court Attendant; Bold; Courageous Advice
Surname or Lastname
English, French, and Catalan
English, French, and Catalan : nickname from Old French, Middle English, Catalan fort, ‘strong’, ‘brave’ (Latin fortis). In some cases it may be from the Latin personal name derived from this word; this was borne by an obscure saint whose cult was popular during the Middle Ages in southern and southwestern France.English and French : topographic name for someone who lived near a fortress or stronghold, or an occupational name for someone employed in one. Compare Fortier 1.Czech (Fořt) : variant of Forst.
Surname or Lastname
English (Lancashire)
English (Lancashire) : of uncertain origin. The most plausible suggestion is that it is a Norman nickname from Old French mort ‘dead’ (Latin mortuus), presumably referring to a person of deathly pallor or unnaturally still countenance, or possibly to someone who played the part of death in a pageant. However, it could also be the result of survival into the Middle English period of an Old English personal name, Morta, or an Old English vocabulary word mort ‘young salmon or trout’, both postulated by Ekwall to explain various place names (see for example Morcom).French : either a nickname from Old French mort ‘dead’ (see above), or an alteration, by folk etymology, of the personal name Mor(e) (see Moore 3).
Surname or Lastname
South German and Austrian
South German and Austrian : variant of Hardt 1.English : variant of Hart 1.
Boy/Male
Danish, Dutch, Finnish, German, Netherlands, Norse, Russian, Scandinavian, Swedish
Courteous; Courageous Advice; Brave; Bold Counsel; Honest Advisor; Short; Form of Kurt
Girl/Female
Australian, Japanese
Sky
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from Middle English port ‘gateway’, ‘entrance’ (Old French porte, from Latin porta), hence a topographic name for someone who lived near the gates of a fortified town or city, typically, the man in charge of them. Compare Porter 1.English : topographic name for someone who lived near a harbor or in a market town, from the homonymous Middle English port (Old English port ‘harbor’, ‘market town’, from Latin portus ‘harbor’, ‘haven’, reinforced in Middle English by Old French port, from the same source).German : topographic name for someone who lived near a (city) gate, from Middle Low German porte (modern German Pforte) (see sense 1).Jewish (from Lithuania and Belarus) : unexplained.
Girl/Female
English
Variant abbreviation of Sydney.
Female
Japanese
(空) Japanese unisex name SORA means "sky."
Boy/Male
British, Christian, English, Hebrew, Latin
Form of Morton; From the Town Near the Moor; Follower of Marduk
Boy/Male
Indian
Enlightened
Male
Dutch
, able council.
SORT JOURNAL
SORT JOURNAL
Boy/Male
Arabic
Continual; Listing
Boy/Male
English
Stiles.
Biblical
common
Male
Arthurian
, the Green Knight.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Sowerby.
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim
Wise
Boy/Male
Muslim/Islamic
Moderate average
Boy/Male
Greek
Son of Theseus.
Male
Iranian/Persian
(گبر) From the Persian term gabr, GABR means "follower of Zoroaster."Â
Girl/Female
American, Australian, British, Christian, English, Latin
From Britain; From England
SORT JOURNAL
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n.
Soot.
superl.
Easily yielding to pressure; easily impressed, molded, or cut; not firm in resisting; impressible; yielding; also, malleable; -- opposed to hard; as, a soft bed; a soft peach; soft earth; soft wood or metal.
n.
A short sound, syllable, or vowel.
superl.
Not long; having brief length or linear extension; as, a short distance; a short piece of timber; a short flight.
n.
A kind or species; any number or collection of individual persons or things characterized by the same or like qualities; a class or order; as, a sort of men; a sort of horses; a sort of trees; a sort of poems.
superl.
Hence, agreeable to feel, taste, or inhale; not irritating to the tissues; as, a soft liniment; soft wines.
n.
Short, inferior hemp.
superl.
Engaging or engaged to deliver what is not possessed; as, short contracts; to be short of stock. See The shorts, under Short, n., and To sell short, under Short, adv.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Short-circuit
superl.
Quiet; undisturbed; paceful; as, soft slumbers.
v. t.
To cover or dress with soot; to smut with, or as with, soot; as, to soot land.
v. t.
To expel throught the nostrils with a snort; to utter with a snort.
superl.
Severe; afflictive; distressing; as, a sore disease; sore evil or calamity.
a.
In a sore manner; with pain; grievously.
adv.
In a short manner; briefly; limitedly; abruptly; quickly; as, to stop short in one's course; to turn short.
a.
Not living or lasting long; being of short continuance; as, a short-lived race of beings; short-lived pleasure; short-lived passion.
n.
A soft or foolish person; an idiot.
superl.
Breaking or crumbling readily in the mouth; crisp; as, short pastry.
superl.
Not rough, rugged, or harsh to the touch; smooth; delicate; fine; as, soft silk; a soft skin.
v. t.
To separate, and place in distinct classes or divisions, as things having different qualities; as, to sort cloths according to their colors; to sort wool or thread according to its fineness.