Shellsort
English
noun
Definitions
- (comptheory) 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.
Etymology
Compound from English Shell + English sort.
Origin
English
sort
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Shell English
- Timsort English
- archaeosortase English
- besort English
- cubesort English
- heapsort English
- immunosort English
- merge sort English
- mergesort English
- missort English
- presort English
- quicksort English
- re-sort English
- smoothsort English
- sort English
- sortability English
- sortable English
- sortal English
- sortase English
- sortation English
- sorter English
- sorteth English
- subsort English
- unsort English
- sort Middle English
- sórt Irish
- siort Welsh
- seòrsa Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic