spaghetti sorts

A form of spaghetti sort — 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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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of spaghetti sort
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