shellsorts

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A form of shellsort — A sorting algorithm that starts by sorting pairs of elements that are far apart from each other, then progressively reduces the gap between elements to be compared.

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Meanings

shellsorts1

noun
  1. pluralplural of shellsort

Shellsorts2

noun
  1. pluralplural of Shellsort
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