To make a search or examination of a collection of things: sorted through the laundry looking for a matching sock. 2. To be or become arranged in a certain way. 1. To separate from others: sorted out the books to be donated to the library. 2. To clarify or resolve: She tried to sort out her problems. 3.
Merge sort 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 and lexicographical order, and either ascending or descending. Efficient sorting is important for optimizing the efficiency of other algorithms (such as search and merge algorithms) that require input data to be in sorted lists ...